English Explanatory Dictionary

-ome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. A mass of something.
suffix
  1. The complete whole of a class of substances for a species or an individual.

Pronunciation

ōm′ /ˌəʊm/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl--ome.wav /ˌoʊm/ /ˌəʉm/ /ˌɐʉm/ /ˌom/ /ˌoːm/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl--ome.wav

Word forms

-ome

Etymology

Alteration of -oma, from Ancient Greek -ωμα (-ōma). Only partially cognate to -some (“body”), from σῶμα (sôma, “body”), in that both share the case ending -μα (-ma), but the ω is unrelated.

Related words

-omics -some

Derived words

biome environome exposome genome metabolome metagenome -omics phenome phyllome proteome transcriptome
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