-esc
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Vulgar Latin -iscus.
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-esc (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -esca, masculine plural -escs or -escos, feminine plural -esques)
- -esque (in the style or manner of)
- (usually derogatory) -ic (relating or pertinent to)
Derived terms edit
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Romanian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Late Latin or Vulgar Latin -iscus for older words and the common Romanian surname ending -escu, as well as the place name suffix -ești formed from the plural. Based on French -esque for many newer words or neologisms, which appear after the mid-19th century.
Suffix edit
-esc m (feminine singular -ească, plural -ești, adverbial -ește)
Declension edit
Declension of -esc
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
- -ește (adverbial form)
Etymology 2 edit
A form of the infix -esc-, from Latin -ēscō (and -ēscunt in the case of the third-person plural). Cognates include Aromanian -escu, Italian -isco, -iscono, Spanish -ezco, -ecen, Catalan -eixo, -eixen.
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Suffix edit
-esc
- Used with a stem to form the first-person singular and third-person plural present of most regular -i (fourth conjugation) verbs. E.g. unesc, tușesc, feresc, pățesc, urăsc.