-ée

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ee"

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French, from Latin -ātam (accusative of -āta), whence also -ade, which is borrowed from other Romance languages.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /e/
  • Audio(file)

Suffix

-ée f (plural -ées)

  1. forms feminine nouns having the sense of "something contained by" (the root word)
    ‎bras (“arm”) + ‎-ée → ‎brassée (“armful”)
    ‎an (“year”) + ‎-ée → ‎année (“(duration of) a year”)

See also
French terms suffixed with -ée

References
  1. é-; in: Jacqueline Picoche, Jean-Claude Rolland, Dictionnaire étymologique du français, Paris 2009, Dictionnaires Le Robert

Norman

Alternative forms
  • -aïe (Guernsey)

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin -āta.

Suffix

-ée

  1. (Jersey) Forming feminine nouns having the sense of ‘something contained by’ (the root word).
    maîson (“house”) → maîsonnée (“houseful”)
    dgichon (“bowl”) → dgichonnée (“bowlful”)

See also
Norman terms suffixed with -ée

Phalura

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /-ée/

Suffix

-ée

  1. Plural suffix (with ai-ending a-declension nouns)

References
  • Liljegren, Henrik, Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎, Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /-ée/

Suffix

-ée

  1. Oblique case suffix (with ai-ending a-declension nouns)

References
  • Liljegren, Henrik, Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎, Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN
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