French

Suffix

-ée

1. Forming feminine nouns having the sense of ‘something contained by’ (the root word).

   bras ‎(“arm”) --> brassée ‎(“armful”)

   an ‎(“year”) --> année ‎(“(duration of) a year”)

Related terms

• -é

See also

References

1. ↑ é-; in: Jacqueline Picoche, Jean-Claude Rolland, Dictionnaire étymologique du français, Paris 2009, Dictionnaires Le Robert

Norman

Alternative forms

• -aïe (Guernsey)

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin -āta.

Suffix

-ée

1. (Jersey) Forming feminine nouns having the sense of ‘something contained by’ (the root word).

   maîson ‎(“house”) → maîsonnée ‎(“houseful”)

   dgichon ‎(“bowl”) → dgichonnée ‎(“bowlful”)

See also