French prefix

dé(s)-

privative

Register

native

Productivity

high

freely attaches to new bases

Attaches to

V · ADJ

allomorphs dé-, dés-

Status

Establisheddraft

tlfi

Words built with dé(s)-

désespéré
without hope
espéré+dé(s)-

Does the same job elsewhere

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

English

  • -less
    register-matched functional equivalent
  • un-
    register-matched functional equivalent

French

this affix: dé(s)-

    Hindi

    • -हीन
      functional equivalent; register differs (N vs S)
    • निर्-
      functional equivalent; register differs (N vs S)
    • बे-
      functional equivalent; register differs (N vs P)

    Telugu

    Tamil