-ense

See also: ense, eñse, and ənsə

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin -ēnsis (“originating in”), whence also the inherited Italian doublet -ese.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɛn.se/^[1]
Rhymes: -ɛnse
Hyphenation: -èn‧se

Suffix

-ense (adjective-forming suffix, plural -ensi) or
-ense m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -ensi)

used to create adjectives and nouns that denote ethnonyms, like parmense, from Parma or statunitense, from Stati Uniti

Derived terms

Related terms

-ese

References

^ ese in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

-sene, sene

Latin

Suffix

-ēnse

nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of -ēnsis

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin -ēnsis (“originating in”). Compare the inherited doublet -ês.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈẽ.si/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈẽ.se/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈẽ.sɨ/

Suffix

-ense m or f (plural -enses)

forms the names of residents or inhabitants of a place
Synonyms: -ês, -ão, -eiro, -ista, -enho

‎Berlim (“Berlin”) + ‎-ense → ‎berlinense (“Berliner”)
forms adjectives meaning “of or relating to [the suffixed place]”
‎Berlim (“Berlin”) + ‎-ense → ‎berlinense (“of or relating to Berlin”)

Usage notes

The following ending(s) change(s) in words appended with this suffix:

⟨-ção⟩, ⟨-são⟩ (in feminine abstract nouns, incl. plurals) → ⟨-cion⟩, ⟨-sion⟩
⟨-ão⟩ (as a non-verb suffix, incl. plurals) → ⟨-on⟩
⟨-ã(o)⟩ (incl. plurals) → ⟨-(i)an⟩, ⟨-am⟩, or ⟨-(i)on⟩, depending on the base word's etymology
⟨-m⟩ (incl. plurals) → ⟨-n⟩
⟨-z⟩ (in some nouns from Latin, incl. plurals) → ⟨-c(i)⟩
⟨-vel⟩ (unstressed and adjectival, incl. plurals) → ⟨-bili⟩
⟨-z⟩ (adjectival, incl. plurals) → ⟨-ci⟩

Derived terms

Portuguese terms suffixed with -ense

Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin -ēnsis (“originating in”). Compare the inherited doublet -és.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈense/ [ˈẽn.se]
Rhymes: -ense
Syllabification: -en‧se

Suffix

-ense m or f (adjective-forming suffix, masculine and feminine plural -enses)
-ense m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -enses)