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  a noun suffix occurring originally in loanwords from french, where it has been used in a variety of diminutive and hypocoristic formations (brunette; cigarette; coquette; etiquette; rosette); as an english suffix, -ette, forms diminutives (kitchenette; novelette; sermonette), distinctively feminine nouns (majorette; usherette), and names of imitation products (leatherette). usage note -ette suffix small cigarette, kitchenette […]

• -eur

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• -eus

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• -euse

  a suffix occurring in loanwords from french, forming feminine nouns corresponding to nouns ending in -eur: chanteuse.

• -ey

  variant of -y1 , especially after y: clayey. -ey2 variant of -y2 , especially after y. -ey suffix a variant of -y1 , -y2 -y1 suffix (from nouns) characterized by; consisting of; filled with; relating to; resembling sunny, sandy, smoky, cl-ssy (from verbs) tending to; acting or existing as specified leaky, shiny word origin -y2 […]

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