-elle

elle Elle êlle ellē élle English Etymology From en fr -elle. Suffix Found in feminine proper names of French origin en Isabelle en Noelle Used to form female given names en Usage notes Names of en he - origin often end in en -el from he אֵל el God, which have been feminized in French using the Latin-origin fr -elle by analogy. Examples include en Danielle and en Gabrielle. In the case of en Belle, despite having the same ending in orthography and pronunciation, it is not morphologically a suffix. Anagrams en eell Le-Le French Etymology fr :inh fro:-ele 1 fr fro -ele, from fr la -ella. Pronunciation fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï--elle.wav <<France>> (<<Lyon>>) fr LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00--elle.wav <<France>> (<<Lyon>>) Suffix f -eau forms feminine nouns, often with a diminutive sense fr éléphant éléphantelle<t:young female elephant, female elephant calf> fr coupe<t:cup> coupelle<t:small cup> fr jarret<t:back of the knee> jarretelle<t:garter> fr kyrie<t:kyrie><ll:Christianity> kyrielle<t:litany><ll:figurative> fr citron<t:lemon> citronnelle<t:lemongrass; citronella> fr -el fr colonel<t:colonel> colonelle<t:female colonel> 1 fr -eau fr louveteau<t:wolf cub> louvetelle<t:female wolf cub> 1 Suffix adjective f fr -el fr naturel<t:natural> naturelle<g:f> 1 fr actuel<t:actual> actuelle<g:f> 1 fr -eau fr nouveau<t:new> nouvelle<g:f> 1 See also fr Italian Suffix it suffix form f it -ella Latin Suffix la suffix form la -ellus voc m s Middle English Etymology 1 Suffix enm suffix 1 enm -al Etymology 2 Suffix enm suffix 1 enm -el diminutive suffix diminutive Old English Suffix ang suf ang -else