-elle

== English == === Etymology === From French -elle. === Suffix === -elle Used to form feminine proper names === Anagrams === Le-Le == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French -ele, from Latin -ella. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛl/ === Suffix === -elle f (noun-forming suffix, plural -elles, masculine -eau) forms feminine nouns, often with a diminutive sense ‎éléphant + ‎-elle → ‎éléphantelle (“young female elephant, female elephant calf”) ‎coupe (“cup”) + ‎-elle → ‎coupelle (“small cup”) ‎jarret (“back of the knee”) + ‎-elle → ‎jarretelle (“garter”) ‎kyrie (“kyrie”) (Christianity) + ‎-elle → ‎kyrielle (“litany”) (figurative) ‎citron (“lemon”) + ‎-elle → ‎citronnelle (“lemongrass; citronella”) female equivalent of -el ‎colonel (“colonel”) → ‎colonelle (“female colonel”) female equivalent of -eau ‎louveteau (“wolf cub”) → ‎louvetelle (“female wolf cub”) === Suffix === -elle f (non-lemma form of adjective-forming suffix) female equivalent of -el ‎naturel (“natural”) → ‎naturelle f ‎actuel (“actual”) → ‎actuelle f female equivalent of -eau ‎nouveau (“new”) → ‎nouvelle f === See also === == Italian == === Suffix === -elle f plural of -ella == Latin == === Suffix === -elle vocative masculine singular of -ellus == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Suffix ==== -elle alternative form of -al === Etymology 2 === ==== Suffix ==== -elle alternative form of -el (diminutive suffix) == Old English == === Suffix === -elle alternative form of -else