-ville

See also: ville and Ville

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French ville (“town, city”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈvɪl/

Suffix

-ville

1. Used to form a name of an inhabited place, a town or city.
2. (figurative) Used with an adjective as a mildly intensifying locative, indicating a region or state of that kind.
   • 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, London: Heinemann, →OCLC, page 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

English terms suffixed with -ville

Anagrams

• I'll've, evill

French

Etymology

From Old French -ville, from Latin vīlla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vil/

Suffix

-ville

1. -ville

Derived terms

French terms suffixed with -ville