-ese

短语

…国（或城市）的；…国（或城市）的人；…国（或城市）的语言

发音

UK /ˈiːz/
其它
US /ˈiz/

释义与例句

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  1. 1.

    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

  2. 2.

    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

    translation + -ese → translationese

词源

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.

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