-elle

From French -elle.

-elle

1. Used to form feminine proper names

• Le-Le

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

• IPA^(key): /ɛl/

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-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”)

-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

-elle f

1. plural of -ella

-elle

1. vocative masculine singular of -ellus

-elle

1. alternative form of -al

-elle

1. alternative form of -el (diminutive suffix)

-elle

1. alternative form of -else