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-ville
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ville Ville
English
Etymology
en :bor fr:ville<t:town, city> 1 +
Pronunciation
en /ˈvɪl/ GenAm
en /ˈvəl/ Southern US,weak vowel
Suffix
Used to form a name of an inhabited place, a town or city.
en figurative Used with an adjective, noun or gerund as a mildly intensifying locative, indicating a region or state of that kind.
en The two combatants have been stuck in stalemate-ville for a very long time.
18 What do you reckon? Far outsville or far insville?
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
en
Related terms
en ville
Anagrams
en eillv I'll've evill
en productive suffixes
French
Etymology
From fr fro -ville, from fr la vīlla.
Pronunciation
[ll:l]
Suffix
f
en -ville
Derived terms
fr