French suffix

-ien

agent

Register

native

Productivity

mid

attaches to a sizeable but bounded set

Attaches to

N

allomorphs -ienne

Status

Establisheddraft

tlfi

Words built with -ien

magicien
one who does magic
magie+-ien

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: -ien

    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