-ESE


Meaning of -ESE in English

suffix

1.

(in adjectives and nouns) of a country or city; a person who lives in a country or city; the language spoken there :

Chinese

Viennese

2.

(in nouns) (often disapproving ) the style or language of :

journalese

officialese

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WORD ORIGIN

from Old French -eis , based on Latin -ensis .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.