-ese
suffix /iːz/
/iːz/
- (in adjectives and nouns) of a country or city; a person who lives in a country or city; the language spoken there
- Chinese
- Viennese
- (in nouns) (often disapproving) the style or language of
- journalese
- officialese
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- -age
- -al
- -ance
- -ant
- -arian
- -ary
- -dom
- -ee
- -er
- -ese
- -esque
- -ess
- -fold
- -ful
- -hood
- -ify
- -ion
- -ish
- -ism
- -ist
- -ista
- -ite
- -itis
- -ize
- -less
- -let
- -ling
- -ly
- -ment
- -most
- -ness
- -oid
- -or
- -ous
- -ship
Word Originfrom Old French -eis, based on Latin -ensis.