-eux
French, suffix
-eux is spelled E-U-X (3 letters) and appears 372 times per million words in written French, the 223rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). -eux is a French suffix meaning “-ous, -y” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, eux is a different word: “disjunctive form of ils; them”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Plein de, qui a ce que dit la racine”.
What does -eux mean in English?
suffix
- 1
-ous, -y
- 2
Quebecforms nouns and adjectives with a humble or pejorative character
pronoun
- 1
masculinedisjunctive form of ils; them
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
suffix: 1. Plein de, qui a ce que dit la racine. 2. Qui fait l’action décrite par la racine. 3. Ce suffixe sert à former des noms de composés un peu moins oxydés que ceux dont les noms finissent en -ique. 4. Crée des noms communs associés avec la racine, le plus souvent avec une valeur péjorative.
pronoun: 1. Pronom tonique de la troisième personne du pluriel masculin. 2. Quant à eux, par contre.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of -eux
- lui singular masculine
- elle singular feminine
- elles plural feminine
- eusses
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to -eux
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is -eux in French?
-eux appears 372 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).