-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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e/

• Audio:

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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”)

Related terms

• -é

See also

French terms suffixed with -ée

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

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-ée/

Suffix

-ée

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

References

• Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “-ée”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[1], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-ée/

Suffix

-ée

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

References

• Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “-ée”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[2], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN