"-e" meaning in French

See -e in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Forms: -es [plural]
Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} -e f (noun-forming suffix, plural -es)
  1. forms the feminine of nouns referring to people Tags: feminine, morpheme
    Sense id: en--e-fr-suffix-0g2BnCD5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

  1. forms the feminine singular of adjectives Tags: feminine, morpheme
    Sense id: en--e-fr-suffix-oBIHPtIX
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

Etymology: In the third person, from Latin -at; in the first person generally by analogy. Etymology templates: {{inh|fr|la|-at}} Latin -at
  1. inflection of -er:
    first-person singular present indicative
    Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, morpheme, present, singular Form of: -er
    Sense id: en--e-fr-suffix-DnFPFVs5 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 16 15 16 14 15 14 2 5
  2. inflection of -er:
    first-person singular present subjunctive
    Tags: first-person, form-of, morpheme, present, singular, subjunctive Form of: -er
    Sense id: en--e-fr-suffix-sECZ5ieC Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 16 15 16 14 15 14 2 5
  3. inflection of -er:
    third-person singular present indicative
    Tags: form-of, indicative, morpheme, present, singular, third-person Form of: -er
    Sense id: en--e-fr-suffix-aApaLy7n Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 16 15 16 14 15 14 2 5
  4. inflection of -er:
    third-person singular present subjunctive
    Tags: form-of, morpheme, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: -er
    Sense id: en--e-fr-suffix-QikkSHrA Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 16 15 16 14 15 14 2 5
  5. inflection of -re:
    first-person singular present subjunctive
    Tags: first-person, form-of, morpheme, present, singular, subjunctive Form of: -re
    Sense id: en--e-fr-suffix-mXEkrc46 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 16 15 16 14 15 14 2 5
  6. inflection of -re:
    third-person singular present subjunctive
    Tags: form-of, morpheme, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: -re
    Sense id: en--e-fr-suffix-z6OGx0jm Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 16 15 16 14 15 14 2 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Suffix

Etymology: From Latin -ā (imperative). Etymology templates: {{inh|fr|la|-ā}} Latin -ā
  1. second-person singular imperative of -er Tags: form-of, imperative, morpheme, second-person, singular Form of: -er
    Sense id: en--e-fr-suffix--mf5Vipg
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Suffix

Forms: -ᵉ [canonical], -ᵉˢ [plural]
Head templates: {{fr-adj|head=-ᵉ|pl=-ᵉˢ}} -ᵉ (adjective-forming suffix, plural -ᵉˢ)
  1. abbreviation of -ième when an ordinal number is written with Arabic or Roman numerals Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, morpheme Alternative form of: -ième when an ordinal number is written with Arabic or Roman numerals
    Sense id: en--e-fr-suffix-EFgz4PQ0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4
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          "-er",
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          "-er",
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Download raw JSONL data for -e meaning in French (4.8kB)

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