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-euse

-euse suffix: forming nouns denoting female people, usually from terms ending in French -eur.

Suffix

-euse

  1. Forming nouns denoting female people, usually from terms ending in French -eur.
    • amateur + -euse → amateuse (French: amatrice)
    • arbitrage + -euse → arbitrageuse (the male arbitrageur itself is formed in English; French: arbitragiste m or f by sense)

Origin of -euse

Borrowed from French -euse.

Questions about -euse

What does -euse mean?
-euse means forming nouns denoting female people, usually from terms ending in French -eur.
What part of speech is -euse?
-euse is a suffix.

Words near -euse in the dictionary

  1. -etine
  2. -etta
  3. -ette
  4. -ety
  5. -eum
  6. -euse
  7. -ever
  8. -ex
  9. -exia
  10. -ey
  11. -ez

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