-eux
See also: eux
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Inherited from Middle French -eux, -eulx, from Old French -eux, -eus, -us, -os, -ous, from Latin -ōsus. Doublet of -ose.
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-eux (feminine -euse, masculine plural -eux, feminine plural -euses)
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From Old French -us, -eus, from Latin -ōsus.
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-eux
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From Old French -eus, -us, from Latin -ōsus.
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-eux
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From an Old Northern French variant of Old French -eor, -or, from Latin -ator, -tor. In some senses, from Latin -or.
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-eux m (plural -eurs, feminine equivalent -euse)
- (Jersey) Used to form agent nouns from verbs.
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-eux
- Alternative form of -us
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Category Old French terms suffixed with -eux not found