-claste
French, suffix/klast/
-claste is spelled C-L-A-S-T-E (6 letters). -claste is a French masculine suffix meaning “-clast” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Suffixe utilisé pour former un nom correspondant à une notion de destruction”.
What does -claste mean in English?
suffix
- 1
masculine-clast
ostéo- (“osteo-”) + -claste → ostéoclaste (“osteoclast”)
suffix
- 1
-clastic
statuo- (“statuo-”) + -claste → statuoclaste (“statuoclastic”)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
suffix: 1. Suffixe utilisé pour former un nom correspondant à une notion de destruction.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce -claste?
- /klast/
- \klast\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to -claste
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.