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-ois

-ois

See also: ois, oís, õis, öis, and -óis

French

Suffix

-ois

  1. Used to form adjectives related to a particular country, region or city, their associated inhabitant names, and the local language or dialect.

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:French_words_suffixed_with_-ois'>French words suffixed with -ois</a>

Related terms

See also


Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

In some senses from Late Latin, Vulgar Latin -iscus, in others from Latin -ēnsis.

Suffix

-ois

  1. used to form nationalities
  2. used to form names of languages
    françois, anglois
  3. used to form the first and second-person singular imperfect tense

Descendants