-ese
suff.（后缀）
语源
suff.（后缀）
- Of, relating to, characteristic of, or originating in a specified place:
…的：与…有关的，具有…特征的，起源于…特定地方的：
Vietnamese.
越南来的 - Native or inhabitant of:
…人（的），…国（的）：…国民或居民：
Taiwanese.
台湾人（的） - Language or dialect of:
…语（的）：语言，方言：
Chinese.
汉语（的） - Literary style or diction of:
…体（的），…派的：文章风格、派别：
journalese.
新闻体的
语源
- Middle English
中古英语 - from Italian -ese
源自 意大利语 -ese - from Latin -ēnsis [originating in]
源自 拉丁语 -ēnsis [源于]
-ese
suffix forming adjectives, suffix forming nouns
indicating place of origin, language, or style
⇒
Cantonese
⇒
Japanese
⇒
journalese
-ese
Word Origin
1
a suffix forming adjectival derivatives of place names, especially countries or cities; frequently used nominally to denote the inhabitants of the place or their language: Faroese; Japanese; 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; bureaucratese; journalese; computerese.
Origin
probably orig. < Italian -ese, later representing Spanish, Portuguese -es, French -ais, -ois, all < Latin -ēnsem -ensis
Related Words
- calabrasella
- -ensis
- academese
- Ambonese
- Andamanese
- Angolese
-esea noun and adjective suffix indicating
1. locality, nationality, language, etc., as in Japanese, Vietnamese.
2. a particular jargon, as in computerese, journalese, bureaucratese.
[Old French -eis, from Latin -ēnsis]-ese
adjective suffix
Japanese
noun suffix
(plural -ese)
1. native or resident of (a specified place or country)
Chinese
2.
a. language of (a particular place, country, or nationality)
Cantonese
b. speech, literary style, or diction peculiar to (a specified place, person, group, discipline, subject, or activity) — usually in words applied in depreciation
journalese
baseballese
| I |
ETYMOLOGY Portuguese -ês & Italian -ese, from Latin -ensis
: of, relating to, or originating in (a certain place or country)Japanese
| II |
(plural -ese)
1. native or resident of (a specified place or country)
Chinese
2.
a. language of (a particular place, country, or nationality)
Cantonese
b. speech, literary style, or diction peculiar to (a specified place, person, group, discipline, subject, or activity) — usually in words applied in depreciation
journalese
baseballese
-ese
suffix
forming adjectives and nouns ［构成形容词和名词］
1.
- denoting an inhabitant or language of a country or city表示“…国家（或城市）的人”或“…国家的语言”：
-
Taiwanese
Viennese.
2.
- often derogatory (especially with reference to language) denoting character or style〈常贬〉（尤指语言）表示“性质”或“风格”：
-
journalese
officialese.
词源
from Old French -eis, based on Latin -ensis.
1898 F. Harrison in 19thCent. June 941As Mat Arnold said to me..‘Flee Carlylese as the very devil!’ Yes! flee Carlylese, Ruskinese, Meredithese, and every other ese.
1899 Golf Illustr. 14 July 134American ‘golfese’.
1906 Daily Chron. 2 Aug. 3/2Deplorable guide-bookese.
1935 E. E. Cummings Let. 11 Mar. (1969) 140Am fighting..to retranslate 71 poems out of typewriter language into linotype-ese.
1951 Amer. Speech XXVI. 172 (heading)Washingtonese.
-ese
word-forming element, from Old French -eis (Modern French -ois, -ais), from Vulgar Latin, from Latin -ensem, -ensis "belonging to" or "originating in."
-ese
[Adjective] of, relating to, or originating in:
[Adjective] of, relating to, or originating in:
diocese, legalese, Japonese
ORIGIN: Repr. Old French -eis (mod. -ois , -ais ) from Proto-Romance from Latin -ensis .
-ese
suffix added to nouns.
(to form adjectives) of or having to do with _____: Japanese = of or having to do with Japan.
(to form nouns) a person born or living in _____: Portuguese = a person born or living in Portugal.
(to form nouns) the language of _____: Chinese = the language of China.
(to form nouns) the typical style or vocabulary of _____: Journalese = the typical style of journalists. Pentagonese = the typical style or vocabulary of the Pentagon.
[< Old French -eis < Latin -ēnsis of, from (a place)]
ESE (no periods), E.S.E., ESE., or e.s.e.
east-southeast.
-ese
I.\|ēz, |ēs\ adjective suffix
Etymology: Portuguese -ês & Italian -ese, adjective & noun suffix, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin -esis, from Latin -ensis
: of, relating to, or originating in (a certain place or country)
< Japanese >
< Viennese >
II.noun suffix
(plural -ese)
Etymology: Portuguese -ês & Italian -ese
1. : native or resident (of a specified place or country)
< Chinese >
2.
a. : the language (of a particular place, country, or nationality)
< Siamese >
< Cantonese >
b. : speech, literary style, or diction peculiar to (a specified place, person, or group) — usually in words applied in dislike or contempt
< Carlylese >
< journalese >
< Pentagonese >
< federalese >
I.
< Japanese >
< Viennese >
II.
1.
< Chinese >
2.
a.
< Siamese >
< Cantonese >
b.
< Carlylese >
< journalese >
< Pentagonese >
< federalese >
-ese
Suffix
- 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.
- Viennese, Maltese falcon, Parmese, Japanese, Faroese, Viennese waltz
- Used to form nouns meaning the jargon used by a particular profession or in a particular context.
- journalese, legalese, translationese
Etymology
From Old French -eis, from Latin -ēnsis.
Usage notes
Generally speaking, nouns formed with the suffix -ese are considered to be uncountable ("two Viennese") or even collective ("the Ravennese") substantive adjectives. This is not always the case, particularly for speakers from East Asia who use it to translate demonyms such as 日本人 and 中国人, but such countable uses may have nonstandard meanings. For example, in some British dialects, "a Chinese" refers to a Chinese meal but not a Chinese person.
Derived terms
English words suffixed with -ese
Adjectives and nouns describing characteristics of a region
Nouns denoting jargon
See also
后缀：-ese ①[形容词兼名词后缀]
表示某国的、某地的；某国或某地的人及语言
Chinese 中国的（人），汉语
Japanese 日本的（人），日语
Vietnamese 越南的（人、语）
Burmese 缅甸的（人、语）
Maltese 马耳他的（人、语）
Cantonese 广州的（人、语）
Viennese 维也纳的（人）
Congolese 刚果的（人、语）
Milanese 米兰的（人）
Siamese 暹罗的（人、语）
Portuguese 葡萄牙的（人、语）
②[名词后缀]
表示某派（或某种）的文体，文风或语言
translationese 翻译文本
officialese 公文体
academese 学院派文体
journalese 新闻文体
Americanese 美国英语
telegraphese 电报文体
childrenese 儿童语言
computerese 计算机语言
educationese 教育界术语
televisionese 电视术语
bureaucratese 官腔
legalese 法律术语
词根词缀：-ese
【来源及含义】Latin: suffix from -ensis, of, belonging to, from [a place]; originating in [a city or country]
【相关描述】Examples of -ese words include Milanese architect, Vietnamese people, with corresponding nouns meaning "native" or "inhabitant of" (a Viennese, the Japanese), "language of" (Chinese, Portuguese), or, by extension, "typical style" or "vocabulary of", as in journalese, bureaucratese, Johnsonese, New Yorkese".
【同源单词】academese, bureaucratese, Burmese, computerese, headlinese, journalese