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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024-ese, suffix. - -ese is attached to nouns that refer to certain place names:
- to form adjectives that describe things made in or relating to the place:Japan + -ese → Japanese (= of or relating to Japan or its people);
Vienna + -ese → Viennese (= of or relating to Vienna or its people) - to form nouns with the meanings "the people living in (the place)'' or "the language of (the place)'':Vietnam + -ese → Vietnamese (= the people living in/the language spoken in Vietnam).
- -ese is also used to form nouns that describe in an insulting or humorous way the language characteristic of or typical of the base word:Brooklyn + -ese → Brooklynese (= the language characteristic of Brooklyn);journal + -ese → journalese (= the language typical of journalists).
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: -ese suffix forming adjectives , suffix forming nouns - indicating place of origin, language, or style: Cantonese, Japanese, journalese
ESE, - Nautical, Surveying, Naval Termseast-southeast.
Also, E.S.E. -ese, - a suffix forming adjectival derivatives of place names, esp. countries or cities;
frequently used nominally to denote the inhabitants of the place or their language:Faroese; Vietnamese;Viennese.By analogy with such language names, -ese occurs in coinages denoting in a disparaging, often facetious way a characteristic jargon, style, or accent:Brooklynese; journalese;computerese.
- Latin -ēnsem -ensis
- Italian -ese, later representing Spanish, Portuguese -es, French -ais, -ois, all
- probably origin, originally
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