-euse

1. a suffix occurring in loanwords from French, forming feminine nouns corresponding to nouns ending in -eur: chanteuse.

Word History and Origins

Origin of -euse¹

< French < Latin -ōsa, feminine of -ōsus -ose ¹ (> French -eux ); taken as feminine of -eur when this suffix had lost its final consonant (later restored) and was homonymous with -eux (hence, masculine -eu ( r ), feminine -euse, by analogy with -eux, -euse )

Example Sentences

John XX, James d’Euse, born at Cahors, cardinal, bishop of Porto, elected pope at Lyons the 7th of Aug. 1316, died 4th Dec. 1334 Excommunication of the emperor Louis of Bavaria.

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Having chosen Tom as their captain, the gang started for Euse bridge, at the foot of Bassenthwaite lake, which place they reached a couple of hours after nightfall.

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Euse�bius, of C�sarea, the father of ecclesiastical history, a Greek writer, born in Palestine about A.D.

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Frieda came to the end of the "Valse Brillante" and took up the "Ber�euse."

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This is the Latin -osus; French -eux, -euse.

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