"-aille" meaning in All languages combined

See -aille on Wiktionary

Suffix [French]

IPA: /aj/, /ɑj/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Penegal--aille.wav [France, Vosges], LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR--aille.wav [France, Vosges] Forms: -ailles [plural]
Etymology: French -aille has three sources: * Latin -ālia, neuter plural of -ālis * Latin -acula, neuter plural of -aculum * Italian -aglia, as in canaille from Italian canaglia Etymology templates: {{inh|fr|la|-ālia}} Latin -ālia, {{inh|fr|la|-acula}} Latin -acula, {{bor|fr|it|-aglia}} Italian -aglia Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} -aille f (noun-forming suffix, plural -ailles)
  1. (colloquial, derogatory or result) forms feminine nouns having a colloquial or pejorative meaning, or indicating the means or result of an action Tags: colloquial, feminine, morpheme
    Sense id: en--aille-fr-suffix-qCYqVabX Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages using catfix, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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      "name": "inh"
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      "expansion": "Italian -aglia",
      "name": "bor"
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        {
          "text": "trouver (“to find”) + -aille → trouvaille (“lucky find”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "rime (“rhyme”) + -aille → rimaille (“doggerel”)"
        }
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      "ipa": "/ɑj/"
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        "French countable suffixes",
        "French derogatory terms",
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        "French lemmas",
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        "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
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        },
        {
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Download raw JSONL data for -aille meaning in All languages combined (2.5kB)

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