English Explanatory Dictionary

-eil

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. Diminutive suffix in words of French origin.

Word forms

-eil

Etymology

Variant of French -eille, from Middle French -eille, from Old French -eille, -eil, -ele, -eyle, from Latin -icula, from rebracketing of -i- + -culus.

Derived words

corbeil pareil
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