-ês

Meaning

1. (masculine, morpheme) -ese (forms nouns indicating a native of the place)
2. (masculine, morpheme) -ese (forms the names of languages spoken in a given place or by a given people)

Concepts

-er

-ese

Synonyms

-ão

-eiro

-enho

-ense

-ista

Translations

-er

-era

-és

-esa

-ès

-ois

-ais

-ese

-er

-se

-esa

-és

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈe(j)s/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: -ēnsis

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese -es, from Latin -ēnsis. Compare the borrowed doublet -ense.