-ome
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: ōm′
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌəʊm/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˌoʊm/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˌəʉm/
- (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˌɐʉm/
- (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˌom/
- (India) IPA(key): /ˌoːm/
Etymology 1
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.
Suffix
-ome
- A mass of something.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Back-formation from mitome, reinforced by chromosome. Early examples include biome (1916) and genome, from German Genom (1920).[1] Some association with genetics due to occurrence in chromosome and genome.
Suffix
-ome
- (biology) The complete whole of a class of substances for a species or an individual.
Derived terms
English terms suffixed with -ome
Related terms
See also
- Appendix:Suffixes -ome and -omics
- -some
References
- ^ John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “-ome”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Ancient Greek -ωμα (-ōma).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔm/
Suffix
-ome
Derived terms
- adamantinome
- condylome
- embryome
- endocannabinoidome
- épitheliome
- glioblastome
- hépatome
- hygrome
- lépome
- méningiome
- mycétome
- myélome
- neurome
- nevrome
- odontome
- ostéome
- papillome
- pinéalome
- psammome
- staphylome
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɔ.mɛ/
- Rhymes: -ɔmɛ
- Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]
Suffix
-ome
- inflection of -omy:
- neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
- nonvirile nominative/accusative/vocative plural