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English
Interfix
-l-
- (pharmacology) Alternative form of -lim-.
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French
Interfix
-l-
- used to break up certain vowel sequences, when certain suffixes—particularly -ais—follow certain vowels, especially o
- Coordinate term: -t-
- togolais ― Togolese
- congolais ― Congolese
- bralette ― bra without underwire
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References
- Slawomir Zdziebko and Mateusz Urban, The Phonetics and Phonology of /ɬ/ Vocalization, Crossing Phonetics-Phonology Lines (edited by Eugeniusz Cyran and Jolanta Szpyra-Kozłowska), page 416
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Interfix
-l-
- used as a linking consonant between two vowels, usually between a stem and a suffix
- chá (“tea”) + -l- + -eira → chaleira (“teakettle”)
- tecer (“to weave”) + -l- + -ão → tecelão (“weaver”)
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Turkish
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *-l-.
See also
Interfix
-l-
- Passive suffix. Used to form verbs that affected by event(s).
- kurtarmak (“to save, rescue”) + -l- → kurtarılmak (“to be saved of”)
- aldatmak (“to cheat, deceive”) + -l- → aldatılmak (“to be cheated”)
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