French suffix

-eur

agent

Register

native

Productivity

high

freely attaches to new bases

Attaches to

V

allomorphs -euse, -teur, -trice

Status

Establisheddraft

tlfi

Words built with -eur

travailleur
one who works
travailler+-eur
chanteur
one who sings
chanter+-eur

Does the same job elsewhere

Functional equivalents, placed in their lanes. Same register is noted; most differ.

English

  • -er
    register-matched functional equivalent
  • -ist
    functional equivalent; register differs (N vs L)

French

this affix: -eur

    Hindi

    • -कार
      functional equivalent; register differs (N vs S)
    • -वाला
      register-matched functional equivalent
    • -दार
      functional equivalent; register differs (N vs P)
    • -गर
      functional equivalent; register differs (N vs P)
    • -वादी
      functional equivalent; register differs (N vs S)

    Telugu

    Tamil