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-ese in Arabic

ـِيّ -iyy

/ˈiːz/US/ˈiz/

-ese in Arabic: ـِيّ (-iyy). In English, -ese means 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.

Arabic words for -ese

forming adjectives or nouns describing things or people characteristic of a particular place
ـِيّ -iyy

English meaning of -ese

  1. 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.
  2. suffix Used to form nouns meaning the jargon or language used by a particular profession or being or in a particular context.

Full definition of -ese

-ese in a sentence

  • Faroese, Maltese, Milanese, Parmese, Portuguese, Viennese; Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese; Beninese, Congolese, Togolese
  • journal + -ese → journalese
  • legal + -ese → legalese

Synonyms of -ese

Questions about -ese in Arabic

What is the meaning of -ese in Arabic?
-ese in Arabic is ـِيّ (-iyy).
ما معنى كلمة -ese؟
-ese: ـِيّ (-iyy).
What does -ese mean in English?
-ese means 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.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: -ese (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Arabic words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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