-ee
/iː/suffix
Forming nouns:
1Denoting the person affected directly or indirectly by the action of the formative verb: employee
2Denoting a person described as or concerned with: absentee
3Denoting an object of relatively smaller size: bootee
Origin
From Anglo-Norman French -é, from Latin -atus (past participial ending). Some forms are anglicized modern French nouns (e.g. refugee from réfugié).
- water license
- water lily
- waterline
- water-lined
- water-liverwort
- water lizard
- water lobelia
- water lock
- water-locked
- water locust
- waterlog
- waterlogged
- Waterloo
- Waterloo ball
- Waterloo, Battle of
- Waterloo blue
- Waterloo church
- Waterloo cracker
- Waterloo Cup
- Waterloo helmet
- water lot
- water louse
- water lung
- water lute
- waterly