Definition of "cle" [cle]

• A diminutive termination, of Latin origin, occurring in article, particle, corpuscle, muscle, homuncle, etc., the diminutive force being in some cases unfelt in English.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "The tragic insight at the core of the Salon arti­cle is how the man who cre­ated and enforced this ideal — Mike Jef­fries — can­not attain it him­self, no mat­ter how much he wants to."
• "The guy pro­filed in the arti­cle is James Kakalios, a physics prof at the Uni­ver­sity of Min­nesota."
• "The 6,200-word arti­cle is some­how chock full of fas­ci­nat­ing lit­tle rev­e­la­tions."