"-el" meaning in French

See -el in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /ɛl/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï--el.wav Forms: -elle [feminine], -els [masculine, plural], -elles [feminine, plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Old French -el French -el Inherited from Old French -el, from Latin -ālis. Doublet of -al. Etymology templates: {{etymon|fr|:inh|fro:-el<id:adjective>|id=al|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Old French -el French -el, {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|-el|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French -el, {{inh+|fr|fro|-el}} Inherited from Old French -el, {{inh|fr|la|-ālis}} Latin -ālis, {{dbt|fr|-al}} Doublet of -al Head templates: {{fr-adj}} -el (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -elle, masculine plural -els, feminine plural -elles)
  1. forms adjectives from nouns: -al Tags: morpheme Related terms: -al

Inflected forms

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Danish",
      "lang_code": "da",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "-el"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "lang_code": "af",
          "word": "-eel"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "lang_code": "id",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "-il"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "-eel"
    },
    {
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "-ell"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "lang_code": "nb",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "-ell"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "lang_code": "nn",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "-ell"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "-ell"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "-sel"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "lang_code": "yi",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "-el",
      "word": "־על"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": ":inh",
        "3": "fro:-el<id:adjective>",
        "id": "al",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Italic *-ālis\nLatin -ālis\nOld French -el\nFrench -el",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "",
        "2": "i",
        "3": "I"
      },
      "expansion": "I",
      "name": "yesno"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "-el",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Old French -el",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "-el"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Old French -el",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "-ālis"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin -ālis",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "-al"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of -al",
      "name": "dbt"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Italic *-ālis\nLatin -ālis\nOld French -el\nFrench -el\nInherited from Old French -el, from Latin -ālis. Doublet of -al.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-elle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-els",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-elles",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "-el (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -elle, masculine plural -els, feminine plural -elles)",
      "name": "fr-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French entries with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 24 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "forms adjectives from nouns: -al"
      ],
      "id": "en--el-fr-suffix-65hXWpnC",
      "links": [
        [
          "-al",
          "-al"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "-al"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛl/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï--el.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/21/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lyoko%C3%AF--el.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lyoko%C3%AF--el.wav.mp3",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "-el"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Danish",
      "lang_code": "da",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "-el"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "lang_code": "af",
          "word": "-eel"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "lang_code": "id",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "-il"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "-eel"
    },
    {
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "-ell"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "lang_code": "nb",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "-ell"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "lang_code": "nn",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "-ell"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "-ell"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "-sel"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "lang_code": "yi",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "-el",
      "word": "־על"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": ":inh",
        "3": "fro:-el<id:adjective>",
        "id": "al",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Italic *-ālis\nLatin -ālis\nOld French -el\nFrench -el",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "",
        "2": "i",
        "3": "I"
      },
      "expansion": "I",
      "name": "yesno"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "-el",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Old French -el",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "-el"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Old French -el",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "-ālis"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin -ālis",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "-al"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of -al",
      "name": "dbt"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Italic *-ālis\nLatin -ālis\nOld French -el\nFrench -el\nInherited from Old French -el, from Latin -ālis. Doublet of -al.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-elle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-els",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-elles",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "-el (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -elle, masculine plural -els, feminine plural -elles)",
      "name": "fr-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "-al"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "French 1-syllable words",
        "French adjective-forming suffixes",
        "French doublets",
        "French entries with etymology trees",
        "French entries with incorrect language header",
        "French lemmas",
        "French suffixes",
        "French terms derived from Latin",
        "French terms derived from Old French",
        "French terms derived from Proto-Italic",
        "French terms inherited from Latin",
        "French terms inherited from Old French",
        "French terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
        "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages using catfix",
        "Pages with 24 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Pages with etymology trees"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "forms adjectives from nouns: -al"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "-al",
          "-al"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛl/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï--el.wav",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "-el"
}

Download raw JSONL data for -el meaning in French (3.4kB)

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
  "msg": "unrecognized head form: adjective-forming suffix",
  "path": [
    "-el"
  ],
  "section": "French",
  "subsection": "suffix",
  "title": "-el",
  "trace": ""
}

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