-eau
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old French -el, from Latin -ellus.
Pronunciation[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-eau m (plural -eaux, feminine -elle)
- forms diminutive masculine nouns, especially with the sense "young animal"
- éléphant + -eau → éléphanteau
- zèbre + -eau → zébreau
Derived terms[edit]
Categories:
- French terms inherited from Old French
- French terms derived from Old French
- French terms inherited from Latin
- French terms derived from Latin
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- French lemmas
- French suffixes
- French noun-forming suffixes
- French countable nouns
- French masculine suffixes
- French diminutive suffixes