-ele

-ēle

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of -ēlis

-ele

1. Alternative form of -al

-ele

1. Alternative form of -el (diminutive suffix)

• IPA^(key): /e.le/

-ele

1. dative singular of -el

• -elle

From Latin -ellam, accusative of -ella.

-ele

1. diminutive suffix, forming feminine nouns

• -ete

• French: -elle
• Middle English: -el (diminutive), -le (in part)
  • English: -le
  • Scots: -le

From Old Frisian -lia, from Proto-West Germanic *-lōn, from Proto-Germanic *-lōną. Cognates include Dutch -elen and German -eln.

• IPA^(key): /-ələ/

-ele (type 2 form -elje)

1. Used to form verbs denoting repetition.