-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)
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- 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 pronunciation
- 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