-elle

See also: elle, Elle, êlle, ellē, and élle

English

Etymology

From French -elle.

Suffix

-elle

1. Used to form feminine proper names

Anagrams

• Le-Le

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French -ele, from Latin -ella.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛl/

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Suffix

-elle f (noun-forming suffix, plural -elles, masculine -eau)

1. forms feminine nouns, often with a diminutive sense

   ‎éléphant + ‎-elle → ‎éléphantelle (“young female elephant, female elephant calf”)

   ‎coupe (“cup”) + ‎-elle → ‎coupelle (“small cup”)

   ‎jarret (“back of the knee”) + ‎-elle → ‎jarretelle (“garter”)

   ‎kyrie (“kyrie”) (Christianity) + ‎-elle → ‎kyrielle (“litany”) (figurative)

   ‎citron (“lemon”) + ‎-elle → ‎citronnelle (“lemongrass; citronella”)

2. female equivalent of -el

   ‎colonel (“colonel”) → ‎colonelle (“female colonel”)

3. female equivalent of -eau

   ‎louveteau (“wolf cub”) → ‎louvetelle (“female wolf cub”)

Suffix

-elle f (non-lemma form of adjective-forming suffix)

1. female equivalent of -el

   ‎naturel (“natural”) → ‎naturelle f

   ‎actuel (“actual”) → ‎actuelle f

2. female equivalent of -eau

   ‎nouveau (“new”) → ‎nouvelle f

See also

French terms suffixed with -elle

archelle

boîtelette

chanterelle

citrinelle

citronnelle

colonelle

coquerelle

coupelle

curatelle

dentelle

douelle

éléphantelle

jarretelle

kyrielle

La Rochelle

louvetelle

Marielle

ombrelle

organelle

passerelle

poutrelle

rondelle

ruelle

sauterelle

sittelle

tonnelle

tourelle

zébrelle

Italian

Suffix

-elle f

1. plural of -ella

Latin

Suffix

-elle

1. vocative masculine singular of -ellus

Middle English

Etymology 1

Suffix

-elle

1. alternative form of -al

Etymology 2

Suffix

-elle

1. alternative form of -el (diminutive suffix)

Old English

Suffix

-elle

1. alternative form of -else