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Italian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin -ēnsis (“originating in”), whence also the inherited Italian doublet -ese.
Suffix
-ense (adjective-forming suffix, plural -ensi)
-ense m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -ensi)
- used to create adjectives and nouns that denote ethnonyms, like parmense, from Parma or statunitense, from Stati Uniti
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Latin
Suffix
-ēnse
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of -ēnsis
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin -ēnsis (“originating in”). Compare the inherited doublet -ês.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ense m or f (plural -enses)
- forms the names of residents or inhabitants of a place
- Synonyms: -ês, -ão, -eiro, -ista, -enho
- Berlim (“Berlin”) + -ense → berlinense (“Berliner”)
- forms adjectives meaning “of or relating to [the suffixed place]”
- Berlim (“Berlin”) + -ense → berlinense (“of or relating to Berlin”)
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Spanish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin -ēnsis (“originating in”). Compare the inherited doublet -és.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈense/
- Rhymes: -ense
- Syllabification: -en‧se
Suffix
-ense m or f (adjective-forming suffix, masculine and feminine plural -enses)
-ense m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -enses)
- forms adjectives and nouns that denote ethnonyms, like estadounidense, from Estados Unidos
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