Meanings
- Forming nouns denoting female people, usually from terms ending in French -eur.
amateur + -euse → amateuse (French: amatrice)
5 more examples
arbitrage + -euse → arbitrageuse (the male arbitrageur itself is formed in English; French: arbitragiste m or f by sense)
gossip + -euse → gossipeuse (gossip itself is not from French)
literateur /litterateur + -euse → literateuse /litterateuse (French: littératrice)
provocateur + -euse → provocateuse (French: provocatrice)
restauranteur /restaurateur + -euse → restauranteuse /restaurateuse (French: restauratrice)
Origin
- French-euse
- French-euse
- English-euse
Borrowed from French -euse.
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Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
-euse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-euse
“-euse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-euse. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “-euse,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-euse.
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