-oyer
French, suffix/wa.je/
-oyer is a French suffix meaning “a suffix used to form some verbs, often with factitive effect” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Suffixe verbal qui indique une idée de fréquence, de permanence, de répétition”.
What does -oyer mean in English?
suffix
- 1
a suffix used to form some verbs, often with factitive effect
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
suffix: 1. Suffixe verbal qui indique une idée de fréquence, de permanence, de répétition.
noun: 1. Marchand rôtisseur qui vendait des oies.
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 -oyer
- oyers plural
- oier
- oyeur
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce -oyer?
- /wa.je/
- \wa.je\
- \ɔ.je\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is -oyer in French?
-oyer appears about once in every 48 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).