-elette
Appearance
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-elette f (masculine -elet)
- diminutive suffix utilized to form feminine nouns or adjectives
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “-ette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-elette
- diminutive suffix
- costelette
- cutlet, literally "little rib"
References
[edit]- Etymology and history of “côtelette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012. Contains a reference to -(el)ette in its etymology.