-eur
Appearance
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle French -eur, from Old French -eor, -or, from Latin -ator, -tor. In some senses, from Latin -or.
Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-eur
- Used to form agent nouns from verbs.
Derived terms
[edit]French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Inherited from Middle French -eur, from Old French -eor/-or, from Latin -ātōrem and -tor. Doublet of -ateur.
Suffix
[edit]-eur m (plural -eurs, feminine -euse or -rice or -eure or -eresse or -oresse)
- forms masculine agent nouns from verbs (some of which are also used as adjectives)
Usage notes
[edit]- As a rule of thumb, the feminine is -rice after -t- (acteur > actrice), otherwise -euse. There are occasional exceptions (e.g. chanteur > chanteuse). The other three endings are infrequent.
Descendants
[edit]See also
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Inherited from Middle French -eur, from Old French -or, from Latin -ior.
Suffix
[edit]-eur (feminine -eure, masculine plural -eurs, feminine plural -eures)
- (unproductive) forms adjectives with a comparative sense
Usage notes
[edit]- In this case, the feminine is always -eure.
Etymology 3
[edit]Inherited from Old French -our, from Latin -or, -ōs.
Suffix
[edit]-eur f (plural -eurs)
- forms abstract nouns from adjectives: -ness, -o(u)r
Derived terms
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-eur m (genitive -eurs, plural -eure, female -eurin or -euse)
- Suffix of agent nouns from verbs, mostly in French borrowings, but occasionally productive.
Derived terms
[edit]Middle English
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-eur
- Alternative form of -our
Middle French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French -eur, -eor, -or.
Suffix
[edit]-eur m (feminine equivalent -euse)
- Used to form agent nouns from verbs.
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- French: -eur
Old French
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-eur
- Alternative form of -or (both etymologies)
Derived terms
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