-ese

English

Etymology

From Old French -eis, from Latin -ēnsis.

Suffix

-ese

1. 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.

   Viennese, Maltese falcon, Parmese, Japanese, Faroese, Viennese waltz

2. Used to form nouns meaning the jargon used by a particular profession or in a particular context.

   journalese, legalese, translationese

Derived terms

[+] English words suffixed with -ese

Adjectives and nouns describing characteristics of a region

Algherese Ambonese Annamese Aragonese Assamese Auvergnese Balinese Beninese Berlinese Bhutanese Brooklynese Burmese Cantonese Chinese Congolese Dublinese East Timorese

Faroese Gabonese Genoese Guyanese Hoisanese Japanese Javanese Lebanese Maltese Marshallese Nepalese Nipponese Parmese Pekingese Piedmontese Pitcairnese Pittsburghese

Portuguese Reunionese Runyonese Rwandese Senegalese Shanghainese Sudanese Sundanese Surinamese Taishanese Taiwanese Timese Togolese Toisanese Viennese Vietnamese

Nouns denoting jargon

academese Americanese bureaucratese Christianese corporatese headlinese Hollywoodese initialese journalese lawyerese

legalese managementese marketese medicalese mentalese niggerese officialese parentese patentese psychologese

signalese tabloidese teacherese textese translatese translationese translatorese typoese Voynichese

Translations

Note: these translations are a guide only. For more precise translations, see individual words ending in -ese.

forming adjectives and nouns describing things characteristic of a particular place

• Catalan: -ès (ca) m, -esa (ca) f

  Valencian: -és (ca) m, -esa (ca) f

• Czech: -ština (cs) f, -čtina (cs)
• French: -ais (fr), -ois (fr)

• Italian: -ese (it)
• Portuguese: -ês (pt)
• Spanish: -és (es) m, -esa (es) f
• Tok Pisin: bilong (tpi)

forming nouns meaning the jargon used by a particular profession

See also

• -ess

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈe.ze]

Etymology

From Latin -ensem, accusative singular of -ēnsis (“originating in”), whence also Italian -ense.

Suffix

-ese m

1. -ese, -er

   londinese (et al.)

Derived terms

[+] Italian words suffixed with -ese

Related terms

• -esa