-ese
suffixUK /ˈiːz/ · US /ˈiz/
Etymology From Middle English -eys, from Old French -eis, from Latin -ēnsis and, less often, Late Latin -iscus. Generally used in place of more common equivalent suffixes such as -er and -an on the model of equivalent terms in Italian and Portuguese, particularly for Italian, Portuguese African, and East Asian places first widely discussed in Portuguese and Latin.
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Morpheme Used to form adjectives and nouns describing things and characteristics of a city, region, or country, such as the people and the language spoken by these people.
- Faroese, Maltese, Milanese, Parmese, Portuguese, Viennese; Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese; Beninese, Congolese, Togolese
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Morpheme Used to form nouns meaning the jargon or language used by a particular profession or being or in a particular context.
- journal + -ese → journalese
- legal + -ese → legalese
1 more example
- translation + -ese → translationese
- Derived terms
106 terms
Algherese, Ambonese, Amoyese, Andamanese, Annamese, Annobonese, Aragonese, Assamese, Auvergnese, Balinese, Beninese, Berlinese, Bhutanese, Brooklynese, Burmese, Canarese, Cantonese, Chinese, Congolese, Dublinese, East Timorese, Faroese, Foochowese, Foochownese, Fukienese, Gabonese, Genoese, Gilbertese, Guyanese, Hainanese, Hoisanese, Illinese, Iroquese, Japanese, Javanese, Katangese, Kinmenese, Lebanese, Macanese, Maltese, Marshallese, Milanese, Nepalese, Nipponese, Parmese, Pekingese, Piedmontese, Pitcairnese, Pittsburghese, Portuguese, Reunionese, Runyonese, Rwandese, Saigonese, Senegalese, Sentinelese, Shanghainese, Siamese, Sikkimese, Sudanese, Sundanese, Surinamese, Taishanese, Taiwanese, Timese, Togolese, Toisanese, Toishanese, Viennese, Vietnamese, Wenchowese, academese, Americanese, bureaucratese, Christianese, corporatese, crosswordese, diplomatese, fatherese, headlinese, Hollywoodese, idiotese, initialese, journalese, lawyerese, legalese, managementese, marketese, medicalese, mentalese, motherese, newspaperese, officialese, parentese, patentese, psychologese, signalese, tabloidese, teacherese, telegraphese, textese, translatese, translationese, translatorese, typoese, Voynichese- Related terms
- -ess