-ée

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French [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Latin -ātam (accusative of -āta), whence also -ade. -ade is borrowed from other Romance languages.[1]

Pronunciation [edit]

Suffix [edit]

-ée

  1. Forming feminine nouns having the sense of ‘something contained by’ (the root word).
    bras (“arm”) --> brassée (“armful”)
    an (“year”) --> année (“(duration of) a year”)

See also [edit]

French words suffixed with -ée

References [edit]

  1. ^ é-; in: Jacqueline Picoche, Jean-Claude Rolland, Dictionnaire étymologique du français, Paris 2009, Dictionnaires Le Robert

Jèrriais [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Latin -āta.

Suffix [edit]

-ée

  1. Forming feminine nouns having the sense of ‘something contained by’ (the root word).
    maîson (“house”) --> maîsonnée (“houseful”)
    dgichon (“bowl”) --> dgichonnée (“bowlful”)

See also [edit]

Jèrriais words suffixed with -ée
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