-ese
- suffix that creates a noun for a native or resident of (a specified place or country)
- suffix that creates a noun for a language of (a particular place, country, or nationality)
- suffix that creates a noun for a speech, literary style, or diction peculiar to (a specified place, person, group, discipline, subject, or activity)
- suffix that creates an adjective meaning of, relating to, or originating in (a certain place or country)
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈiːz/ / /ˈiz/
suffix
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Late Latin -iscus ▲ Vulgar Latin -iscus Latin -ēnsis Old French -eisbor. Middle English -eys English -ese From Middle English -eys, from Old French -eis, from Latin -ēnsis and, less often, Late Latin -iscus. Generally used in place of more common equivalent suffixes such as -er and -an on the model of equivalent terms in Italian and Portuguese, particularly for Italian, Portuguese African, and East Asian places first widely discussed in Portuguese and Latin.
- Used to form adjectives and nouns describing things and characteristics of a city, region, or country, such as the people and the language spoken by these people.
“Faroese, Maltese, Milanese, Parmese, Portuguese, Viennese; Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese; Beninese, Congolese, Togolese”
- Used to form nouns meaning the jargon or language used by a particular profession or being or in a particular context.
“journal + -ese → journalese”
“legal + -ese → legalese”