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-essa

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See also: essa, Essa, essä, and èssa

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan -essa, from Latin -issa, from Ancient Greek -ισσα (-issa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈɛ.sə]
IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈə.sə]
IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈe.sa]

Suffix

-essa f (noun-forming suffix, plural -esses)

-ess (female)

Usage notes

This suffix is non-productive in modern Catalan, with either the usual feminine termination -a being employed, or the noun having a single form for both genders.

Derived terms

Finnish

Etymology

The inessive singular of -e-.

Suffix

-essa (front vowel harmony variant -essä, linguistic notation -essA)

Forms the inessive case of the second infinitive of verbs.

Interlingua

Etymology

Borrowed from English -ess, French -esse, Italian -essa, Portuguese -esa/Spanish -esa, Russian -е́сса (-éssa) all ultimately from Latin -issa from Ancient Greek -ισσα (-issa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈesa/

Suffix

-essa

forms nouns from nouns, denoting a female; -ess
Synonym: -a

‎conte (“count, earl”) + ‎-essa → ‎contessa (“countess”)

‎abbate (“abbot”) + ‎-essa → ‎abbatessa (“abbess”)

‎tigre (“tiger”) + ‎-essa → ‎tigressa (“tigress”)

Derived terms

Interlingua terms suffixed with -essa

References

Alexander Gode, Hugh E. Blair (1955) Interlingua: A Grammar of the International Language, →ISBN

Italian

Etymology

From Latin -issa, from Ancient Greek -ισσα (-issa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈes.sa/
Rhymes: -essa
Hyphenation: -és‧sa

Suffix

-essa

-ess

Usage notes

Mostly used to form the feminine of animate nouns. e.g. barone => baronessa
Sometimes used ironically or in a disparaging manner. e.g. medico => medichessa

Derived terms

Anagrams

-asse, Asse, asse

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