-ește

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeʃ.te/

Etymology 1

From -esc. Compare Aromanian -eashti. Cf. also Albanian -ishte.

Suffix

-ește

1. adverbial form of -esc

Related terms

• românește

Etymology 2

A form of the infix -esc-, from Latin -ēscō, in this case -ēscit. Cognates include Aromanian -eashti, Italian -isce, Spanish -ece.

Alternative forms

• -ăște

Suffix

-ește

1. Used with a stem to form the third-person singular present of most regular -i (fourth conjugation) verbs. E.g. unește, tușește, ferește, pățește, urăște.

Related terms

• -esc
• -ești