English Explanatory Dictionary

-ville

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. Used to form a name of an inhabited place, a town or city.
  2. Used with an adjective, noun, or gerund as a mildly intensifying locative, indicating a region or state of that kind.

Pronunciation

/ˈvɪl/

Word forms

-ville

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ-der. Proto-Italic *weikslā Latin vīllader. Old French ville Middle French ville French villebor. English -ville Borrowed from French ville (“town, city”).

Related words

ville
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