-elle

American  

1. a noun suffix occurring in loanwords from French, where it originally formed diminutives, now often with a derivative sense in which the diminutive force is lost (bagatelle; prunelle; rondelle ); also in Anglicized forms of Latin words ending in -ella (organelle ).

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Etymology

Origin of -elle

< French < Latin -ella, feminine of -ellus, forming diminutives corresponding to stems ending in -ul- -ule, -r- ( castellum ), -n- ( patella )

Example Sentences

You’re seeing, like, Elle Fanning reuniting with Timothée Chalamet — they starred in a movie last year together.

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Sanders were the first presidential candidate Elle Parker, 30, ever cast a ballot for in a presidential election.

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Norwegian Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas and American Elle Fanning both have supporting actress nods for, respectively, Nora’s younger, more conciliatory sister Agnes and the Hollywood star Rachel Kemp, who yearns for artistic cred and could definitely be the replacement casting that gets Gustav’s movie financed — if she can handle its very Scandinavian main role.

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Skarsgård: I was most happy that Elle and Inga got nominations.

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Trier: I really wanted to work with Elle for her skills and craft, but she’s also grown up in the Hollywood system.

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