-ёр

See also: ер, эр, Ер, and ёр

Russian edit

Borrowed from French -eur. The suffix was originally borrowed as a part of French-derived words such as жонглёр (žongljór, “juggler”) from French jongleur and дублёр (dubljór, “understudy, stunt double”) from French doubleur, and later extracted out as a productive suffix. In some cases the suffix replaces French -aire in words borrowed from French, e.g. волонтёр (volontjór, “volunteer”) from French volontaire, and English -er in words borrowed from English, e.g. маркёр (markjór, “marker (various senses)”) from English marker.

-ёр • (-jór)

Suffix added to nouns and verbs to form agent nouns.
‎ша́хта (šáxta, “mine, pit”) + ‎-ёр (-jór) → ‎шахтёр (šaxtjór, “miner, pitman”)

‎уха́ж(ивать) (uxáž(ivatʹ), “to court, to date”) + ‎-ёр (-jór) → ‎ухажёр (uxažór, “admirer, boyfriend, lady's man”)