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-ese

Phrase CEFR B1

ˈiːz

Definitions

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.
morpheme
Used to form nouns meaning the jargon or language used by a particular profession or being or in a particular context.
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Equivalents

Español-ana -ano -ense-es -esa

Français-ais -ois

Deutsch-er -ese -isch

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Afrikaans-ees

العربيةـِي

Azərbaycan dili-cə

Български-ски

Bosanski-ana -iš -skī-ski -ština -ка -ски

Català-es -esa

Čeština-čtina -ský -ština

Cymraeg-aidd -eg

Dansk-esisk

Ελληνικά-ικός

Esperanto-ano

Euskara-dar -era -tar

Suomi-lainen

Gaeilge-ach -each -is

Galego-és

Hrvatski-ana -iš -ski-skī -ština -ка -ски

Magyar-beli -i

Íslenska-ska -skur

Italiano-ana -ano -ese

日本語語

ქართული-ული -ური

Kurdî-dar -er -î-îş

Latina-anus -ēnsis -inus-ita -ites -ius

Lëtzebuergesch-esch

Latviešu-iete -ietis -isks

Македонски-ски

Nederlands-ees

Polski-cki -ski -y

Português-ana -ano -ês-esa

Română-ească -esc

Русский-ец -ка -ский

Slovenčina-ska -sky

Slovenščina-ski

Shqip-isht

Српски-ana -iš -skī-ski -ština -ка -ски

Svenska-es

Tagalog-ana -ano

Türkçe-li -lu

Українська-ський

Examples

“Faroese, Maltese, Milanese, Parmese, Portuguese, Viennese; Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese; Beninese, Congolese, Togolese”

“journal + -ese → journalese”

“legal + -ese → legalese”

“translation + -ese → translationese”

CEFR level

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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