-ese
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈiːz/
ipa: /ˈiz/
other: /is/
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *-iskos
Proto-Germanic *-iskaz
Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor.
Late Latin -iscus
Vulgar Latin -iscus
Latin -ēnsis
Old French -eisbor.
Middle English -eys
English -ese
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.
Senses: examples: Faroese, Maltese, Milanese, Parmese, Portuguese, Viennese; Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese; Beninese, Congolese, Togolese
synonyms: -ish
-an
-ian
-ic
-ite
-i
glosses: 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.
examples: text: journal + -ese → journalese
text: legal + -ese → legalese
text: translation + -ese → translationese
synonyms: -speak
glosses: Used to form nouns meaning the jargon or language used by a particular profession or being or in a particular context.
Derived terms: sense: Adjectives and nouns describing characteristics of a region
word: Algherese
sense: Adjectives and nouns describing characteristics of a region
word: Ambonese
sense: Adjectives and nouns describing characteristics of a region
word: Amoyese
sense: Adjectives and nouns describing characteristics of a region
word: Andamanese
sense: Adjectives and nouns describing characteristics of a region
word: Annamese
sense: Adjectives and nouns describing characteristics of a region
word: Annobonese
sense: Adjectives and nouns describing characteristics of a region
word: Aragonese
sense: Adjectives and nouns describing characteristics of a region
word: Assamese
sense: Adjectives and nouns describing characteristics of a region
word: Auvergnese
sense: Adjectives and nouns describing characteristics of a region
word: Balinese
sense: Adjectives and nouns describing characteristics of a region
word: Beninese
sense: Adjectives and nouns describing characteristics of a region
word: Berlinese
sense: Adjectives and nouns describing characteristics of a region
word: Bhutanese
sense: Adjectives and nouns describing characteristics of a region
word: Brooklynese
sense: Adjectives and nouns describing characteristics of a region
word: Burmese
sense: Adjectives and nouns describing characteristics of a region
word: Canarese
sense: Adjectives and nouns describing characteristics of a region
word: Cantonese
sense: Adjectives and nouns describing characteristics of a region
word: Chinese
sense: Adjectives and nouns describing characteristics of a region
word: Congolese
sense: Adjectives and nouns describing characteristics of a region
word: Dublinese
sense: Adjectives and nouns describing characteristics of a region
word: East Timorese
sense: Adjectives and nouns describing characteristics of a region
word: Faroese
sense: Adjectives and nouns describing characteristics of a region
word: Foochowese
sense: Adjectives and nouns describing characteristics of a region
word: Foochownese
sense: Adjectives and nouns describing characteristics of a region
word: Fukienese
sense: Adjectives and nouns describing characteristics of a region
word: Gabonese
sense: Adjectives and nouns describing characteristics of a region
word: Genoese
sense: Adjectives and nouns describing characteristics of a region
word: Gilbertese
sense: Adjectives and nouns describing characteristics of a region
word: Guyanese
sense: Adjectives and nouns describing characteristics of a region
word: Hainanese
sense: Adjectives and nouns describing characteristics of a region
word: Hoisanese
sense: Adjectives and nouns describing characteristics of a region
word: Japanese
sense: Adjectives and nouns describing characteristics of a region
word: Javanese
sense: Adjectives and nouns describing characteristics of a region
word: Katangese
sense: Adjectives and nouns describing characteristics of a region
word: Kinmenese
sense: Adjectives and nouns describing characteristics of a region
word: Lebanese
sense: Adjectives and nouns describing characteristics of a region
word: Macanese
sense: Adjectives and nouns describing characteristics of a region
word: Maltese
sense: Adjectives and nouns describing characteristics of a region
word: Marshallese
sense: Adjectives and nouns describing characteristics of a region
word: Milanese
sense: Adjectives and nouns describing characteristics of a region
word: Nepalese
sense: Adjectives and nouns describing characteristics of a region
word: Nipponese
sense: Adjectives and nouns describing characteristics of a region
word: Parmese
sense: Adjectives and nouns describing characteristics of a region
word: Pekingese
sense: Adjectives and nouns describing characteristics of a region
word: Piedmontese
sense: Adjectives and nouns describing characteristics of a region
word: Pitcairnese
sense: Adjectives and nouns describing characteristics of a region
word: Pittsburghese
sense: Adjectives and nouns describing characteristics of a region
word: Portuguese
sense: Adjectives and nouns describing characteristics of a region
word: Reunionese
sense: Adjectives and nouns describing characteristics of a region
word: Runyonese
sense: Adjectives and nouns describing characteristics of a region
word: Rwandese
sense: Adjectives and nouns describing characteristics of a region
word: Saigonese
sense: Adjectives and nouns describing characteristics of a region
word: Senegalese
sense: Adjectives and nouns describing characteristics of a region
word: Sentinelese
sense: Adjectives and nouns describing characteristics of a region
word: Shanghainese
sense: Adjectives and nouns describing characteristics of a region
word: Siamese
sense: Adjectives and nouns describing characteristics of a region
word: Sikkimese
sense: Adjectives and nouns describing characteristics of a region
word: Sudanese
sense: Adjectives and nouns describing characteristics of a region
word: Sundanese
sense: Adjectives and nouns describing characteristics of a region
word: Surinamese
sense: Adjectives and nouns describing characteristics of a region
word: Taishanese
sense: Adjectives and nouns describing characteristics of a region
word: Taiwanese
sense: Adjectives and nouns describing characteristics of a region
word: Timese
sense: Adjectives and nouns describing characteristics of a region
word: Togolese
sense: Adjectives and nouns describing characteristics of a region
word: Toisanese
sense: Adjectives and nouns describing characteristics of a region
word: Toishanese
sense: Adjectives and nouns describing characteristics of a region
word: Viennese
sense: Adjectives and nouns describing characteristics of a region
word: Vietnamese
sense: Adjectives and nouns describing characteristics of a region
word: Wenchowese
sense: Nouns denoting jargon
word: academese
sense: Nouns denoting jargon
word: Americanese
sense: Nouns denoting jargon
word: bureaucratese
sense: Nouns denoting jargon
word: Christianese
sense: Nouns denoting jargon
word: corporatese
sense: Nouns denoting jargon
word: diplomatese
sense: Nouns denoting jargon
word: fatherese
sense: Nouns denoting jargon
word: headlinese
sense: Nouns denoting jargon
word: Hollywoodese
sense: Nouns denoting jargon
word: idiotese
sense: Nouns denoting jargon
word: initialese
sense: Nouns denoting jargon
word: journalese
sense: Nouns denoting jargon
word: lawyerese
sense: Nouns denoting jargon
word: legalese
sense: Nouns denoting jargon
word: managementese
sense: Nouns denoting jargon
word: marketese
sense: Nouns denoting jargon
word: medicalese
sense: Nouns denoting jargon
word: mentalese
sense: Nouns denoting jargon
word: motherese
sense: Nouns denoting jargon
word: newspaperese
sense: Nouns denoting jargon
word: officialese
sense: Nouns denoting jargon
word: parentese
sense: Nouns denoting jargon
word: patentese
sense: Nouns denoting jargon
word: psychologese
sense: Nouns denoting jargon
word: signalese
sense: Nouns denoting jargon
word: tabloidese
sense: Nouns denoting jargon
word: teacherese
sense: Nouns denoting jargon
word: telegraphese
sense: Nouns denoting jargon
word: textese
sense: Nouns denoting jargon
word: translatese
sense: Nouns denoting jargon
word: translationese
sense: Nouns denoting jargon
word: translatorese
sense: Nouns denoting jargon
word: typoese
sense: Nouns denoting jargon
word: Voynichese
Related terms: -ess