"-eau" meaning in All languages combined

See -eau on Wiktionary

Suffix [French]

IPA: /o/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick--eau.wav [France] (note: Somain) Forms: -eaux [plural], -elle [feminine]
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  1. forms diminutive masculine nouns, especially with the sense "young animal" Tags: masculine, morpheme

Suffix [Middle French]

Forms: -el [alternative]
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  1. forms dimminutives Tags: masculine, morpheme

Inflected forms

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Download raw JSONL data for -eau meaning in All languages combined (5.6kB)

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