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-elle

-elle suffix: used to form feminine proper names.

Suffix

-elle

  1. Used to form feminine proper names

Origin of -elle

From French -elle.

Questions about -elle

What does -elle mean?
-elle means used to form feminine proper names.
What part of speech is -elle?
-elle is a suffix.

Words near -elle in the dictionary

  1. -ein
  2. -eine
  3. -el
  4. -elect
  5. -elic
  6. -elle
  7. -eme
  8. -emesis
  9. -emia
  10. -en
  11. -ence

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