-ville

See also: ville and Ville

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French ville (“town, city”)

Suffix

-ville

  1. Used to form a name of an inhabited place, a town or city.
  2. (figuratively) Used with an adj. as a mildly intensifying locative, indicating a region of such things.

Usage notes
  • Used for many towns in the English- and French-speaking world.
  • Also often used to construct fictional and exemplar placenames, such as Nowheresville and Smallville.

Derived terms
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Anagrams

French

Etymology

From Old French -ville, from Latin vīlla

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vil/

Suffix

-ville

  1. -ville

Derived terms
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