-ense

(Engels)

1. (by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine, morpheme) forms the names of residents or inhabitants of a place
2. (by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine, morpheme) forms adjectives meaning “of or relating to [the suffixed place]”

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈẽ.si/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geleen van Latyn: -ēnsis

In summary

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

Sinonieme

-ão

-ês

-eiro

-enho

-ista

Vertalings

-er

-era

-er

-er

-se