-ée

See also: её, ee, EE, -ee, .ee, ее, and өө

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /e/

Suffix

-ée

  1. Forming feminine nouns having the sense of ‘something contained by’ (the root word).
    bras (“arm”) --> brassée (“armful”)
    an (“year”) --> année (“(duration of) a year”)

See also
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:French_words_suffixed_with_-%C3%A9e' title='Category:French words suffixed with -ée'>French words suffixed with -ée</a>

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
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Norman_words_suffixed_with_-%C3%A9e' title='Category:Norman words suffixed with -ée'>Norman words suffixed with -ée</a>
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