"-er-" meaning in French

See -er- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interfix

Etymology: Added before various suffixes (especially -ole and -on, but also sometimes -elle, -et, -ette, -eau, by analogy to or mistaken division of other words which end in erole, eron, ereau, etc, where the er was part of the first element (e.g. fougerolle, fougerole, from fougère + -ole) or the entire word was borrowed from another language such as Italian (e.g. muserole, muserolle, from Italian museruola). Etymology templates: {{m|fr|-ole}} -ole, {{m|fr|-on}} -on, {{m|fr|-elle}} -elle, {{m|fr|-et}} -et, {{m|fr|-ette}} -ette, {{m|fr|-eau}} -eau Head templates: {{head|fr|interfix}} -er-
  1. used before various noun-forming suffixes Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--er--fr-interfix-M-GtnJgB Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French interfixes

Download JSON data for -er- meaning in French (1.5kB)

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          "text": "-erelle (coquerelle), -eret (coqueret), -erette (collerette), -ereau (poétereau), -erole (èverole), -eron (laideron)"
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