-ês

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• -ez (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese -es, from Latin -ēnsis. Compare the borrowed doublet -ense.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈeʃ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈe(j)s/

Suffix

-ês m (feminine -esa, plural -eses, feminine plural -esas)

1. -ese (forms adjectives describing a particular place and nouns indicating a native of the place)

   ‎Holanda (“Netherlands”) + ‎-ês → ‎holandês (“Dutchman; Dutch”)

   Synonyms: -ense, -eiro, -ista, -enho, -ita, -ota

2. -ese (forms the names of languages spoken in a given place or by a given people)

   ‎Holanda (“Netherlands”) + ‎-ês → ‎holandês (“Dutch language”)

Related terms

• -ense