-ês
PortugueseEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- -ez (obsolete)
EtymologyEdit
From Old Portuguese -es, from Latin -ēnsis. Compare the borrowed doublet -ense.
PronunciationEdit
SuffixEdit
-ês m (feminine -esa, plural -eses, feminine plural -esas)
- -ese (forms adjectives describing a particular place and nouns indicating a native of the place)
- -ese (forms the names of languages spoken in a given place or by a given people)