Some French diminutives are:
-et (masc.)
jardin (garden): jardinet
(small garden)
-ette (fem.)
maison (house): maisonnette
(little house)
fille (girl): fillette (little
girl)
-in
blond (blond): blondin
(blondish)
-iller
mordre (to bite): mordiller
(to nibble)
-oter
neiger (to snow) neigeoter (to
snow lightly)
Sometimes diminutives connote a bad quality or contempt.
-ailler
crier (to shout): criailler
(to screech)
-âsser
rêver (to dream): rêvasser (to
daydream)
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