-elle
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-elle
- Used to form feminine proper names
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old French -ele, from Latin -ella.
Pronunciation[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-elle f (plural -elles, masculine -eau)
- forms feminine nouns, often with a diminutive sense
Suffix[edit]
-elle f
See also[edit]
Italian[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-elle f
Latin[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-elle
Middle English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-elle
- Alternative form of -al
Etymology 2[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-elle
- Alternative form of -el (diminutive suffix)
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from French
- English terms derived from French
- English lemmas
- English suffixes
- French terms inherited from Old French
- French terms derived from Old French
- French terms inherited from Latin
- French terms derived from Latin
- French 1-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio links
- French lemmas
- French suffixes
- French noun-forming suffixes
- French countable nouns
- French feminine suffixes
- Italian non-lemma forms
- Italian suffix forms
- Latin non-lemma forms
- Latin suffix forms
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English suffixes