-ese
English
Etymology
From Middle English -eys, from Old French -eis, from Latin -ēnsis (in some cases from Late Latin -iscus). Compare Italian -ese.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ese
- 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.
- Used to form nouns meaning the jargon used by a particular profession or in a particular context.
- journal + -ese → journalese
- legal + -ese → legalese
- translation + -ese → translationese
Usage notes
Generally speaking, nouns formed with the suffix -ese have no distinct plural form (two Viennese) and, with the definite article, are plural and refer to an entire group (the Ravennese). They are also generally not used in the singular, as in "I am a Chinese"; instead, phrases like "I am a Chinese person" are used. (In some British dialects, "a Chinese" can be used, but to refer to a Chinese meal, rather than a person.) This is not always the case, particularly for speakers from East Asia who use it to translate demonyms such as 日本人 and 中国人, but such countable uses may have nonstandard meanings.
Derived terms
- Algherese
- Ambonese
- Andamanese
- Annamese
- Annobonese
- Aragonese
- Assamese
- Auvergnese
- Balinese
- Beninese
- Berlinese
- Bhutanese
- Brooklynese
- Burmese
- Canarese
- Cantonese
- Chinese
- Congolese
- Dublinese
- East Timorese
- Faroese
- Gabonese
- Genoese
- Gilbertese
- Guyanese
- Hainanese
- Hoisanese
- Japanese
- Javanese
- Katangese
- Kinmenese
- Lebanese
- Maltese
- Marshallese
- Milanese
- Nepalese
- Nipponese
- Parmese
- Pekingese
- Piedmontese
- Pitcairnese
- Pittsburghese
- Portuguese
- Reunionese
- Runyonese
- Rwandese
- Senegalese
- Sentinelese
- Shanghainese
- Siamese
- Sikkimese
- Sudanese
- Sundanese
- Surinamese
- Taishanese
- Taiwanese
- Timese
- Togolese
- Toisanese
- Viennese
- Vietnamese
- Xinjiangese
- academese
- Americanese
- bureaucratese
- Christianese
- corporatese
- 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
Translations
Note: these translations are a guide only. For more precise translations, see individual words ending in -ese.
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See also
References
- See e.g.
“Annamese”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. / “Annamese”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. / “Annamese”, in Collins English Dictionary. / “Annamese”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.,
“Chinese”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. / “Chinese”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. / “Chinese”, in Collins English Dictionary. / “Chinese”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.,
“legalese”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. / “legalese”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.,
“Viennese”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. / “Viennese”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. / “Viennese”, in Collins English Dictionary. / “Viennese”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC., etc.
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈeː.zə]
Audio (file)
Suffix
-ese m (weak, genitive -esen, plural -esen)
- Forms nouns indicating an inhabitant of a place.
Usage notes
The suffix -er is more common.
Declension
Interlingua
Etymology
Borrowed from English -an, French -ain, Italian -ano, Portuguese -ano/Spanish -ano, all ultimately from Latin -ānus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈese/, /ˈeze/
Suffix
-ese
Derived terms
References
- Alexander Gode; Hugh E. Blair (1955) Interlingua: A Grammar of the International Language, →ISBN
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈe.ze/, (traditional) /ˈe.se/
- Rhymes: -eze, (traditional) -ese
- Hyphenation: -é‧se
Suffix
-ese m
- -ese (both senses); -er
- Libano (“Lebanon”) + -ese → libanese (“Lebanese”)
- Cina (“China”) + -ese → cinese (“Chinese”)
- sinistra (“left”) + -ese → sinistrese (“left-wing political jargon”)
- giornalista (“journalist”) + -ese → giornalistese (“journalese”)