-iel

See also: iel

French

Etymology

Variant of -el, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin -alis.

Suffix

-iel (feminine -ielle, masculine plural -iels, feminine plural -ielles)

1. Suffix used to form adjectives. Compare with English -ial.
2. Suffix used to form some nouns, especially when the noun was originally an adjective.

Derived terms

French terms suffixed with -iel