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-eux

-eux

See also: eux

French

Suffix

-eux m ‎(feminine -euse)

  1. -ous, -y
    pluviosus → pluvieux "rainy"

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:French_words_suffixed_with_-eux'>French words suffixed with -eux</a>

Middle French

Etymology

From Latin -ōsus.

Suffix

-eux

  1. -ous, -y
    pluviosus → pluvieux ‎(“rainy”)

Descendants

Norman

Etymology 1

From Latin -ōsus

Suffix

-eux

  1. -ous, -y

Etymology 2

From Old French -eor, -or, from Latin -ator, -tor. In some senses, from Latin -or.

Suffix

-eux m ‎(plural -eurs, feminine equivalent -euse)

  1. (Jersey) Used to form agent nouns from verbs.
Alternative forms

Derived terms

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Old French

Suffix

-eux

  1. Alternative form of -us

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Old_French_words_suffixed_with_-eux'>Old French words suffixed with -eux</a>

Etymology

From Latin -ōsus.

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