"-ule" meaning in French

See -ule in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /yl/
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulusder. Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Indo-European *-tlom, *-dʰlom Latin -ulader. ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-tlom Proto-Italic *-klom? ▲ Proto-Italic *-elos? Latin -ulumder. French -ule From Latin -ulus, -ula, and -ulum. Etymology templates: {{ety|fr|:der|la:-ulus|la:-ula&lt;id:instrument&gt;|la:-ulum&lt;id:instrument&gt;|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulusder. Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Indo-European *-tlom, *-dʰlom Latin -ulader. ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-tlom Proto-Italic *-klom? ▲ Proto-Italic *-elos? Latin -ulumder. French -ule [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "diminutive", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-elós", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent nouns", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-lós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-elos", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ulus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "id" : "instrument", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-tlom, *-dʰlom", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "tool noun", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent noun", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tḗr", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-trom", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tlom", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ula", "lang" : "la" }, { "id" : "instrument", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "is_duplicate" : true, "id" : "instrument", "children" : [ ], "status" : { "1" : "ine-pro", "2" : "ine-pro:*-trom<id:tool noun>", "id" : "instrument", "pos" : "suffix" }, "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tlom", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-klom", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "is_uncertain" : true, "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" }, { "terms" : [ { "is_duplicate" : true, "children" : [ ], "status" : { "1" : "itc-pro", "2" : ":inh", "3" : "ine-pro:<alt:*-elós><ety:from<*-lós<id:agent nouns>>>", "id" : "diminutive" }, "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-elos", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "is_uncertain" : true, "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ulum", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "-ule", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" }" data-lang="fr" data-title="-ule">, {{der|fr|la|-ulus}} Latin -ulus Head templates: {{head|fr|suffix}} -ule
  1. -ule Tags: morpheme
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