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-logue¹

  • /ˌlɒɡ/ UK
  • /ˌlɔɡ/ Australia, US, India
  • /ˌlɑɡ/ cot caught merger
  • /ˌlɒɡ/ Canada
  • /ˌlɑɡ/ Canada
  • /ˌlɒɡ/ New Zealand
  • [ˌlɞ̠ɡ] New Zealand
  • [ˌlɔ̟ɡ] New Zealand

Where it comes from

Unadapted borrowing from Middle French -logue, from Classical Latin -logus, from Ancient Greek -λόγος (-lógos, “a student of or specialist in a field; type of discourse”).

suffix -logues · -log

  1. countable, morpheme, not comparable, uncountable Speech, or a way of speaking, a narrative, logical discourse.

    Similar: -logy

  2. archaic, countable, dated, historical, morpheme, not comparable Synonym of -logist.

    Similar: -logist

  3. countable, morpheme, not comparable, rare, uncountable Synonym of -logy.

    Similar: -logy

-logue²

  • /ˌlɒɡ/ UK
  • /ˌlɔɡ/ Australia, US, India
  • /ˌlɑɡ/ cot caught merger
  • /ˌlɒɡ/ Canada
  • /ˌlɑɡ/ Canada
  • /ˌlɒɡ/ New Zealand
  • [ˌlɞ̠ɡ] New Zealand
  • [ˌlɔ̟ɡ] New Zealand

Where it comes from

Back-formation from analogue or homologue.

suffix -logues · -log

  1. morpheme, not comparable A correspondent (homologue or analogue).

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"-logue." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/-logue. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

-logue. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/-logue

Chicago

"-logue." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/-logue.

BibTeX
@misc{logue_2026,
  title = {-logue},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/-logue},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}