-esse

== English == === Suffix === -esse Alternative form of -ess. ==== Derived terms ==== == Danish == === Etymology === French -esse, from Latin -issa, from Ancient Greek -ισσα (-issa). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɛsə] === Suffix === -esse -ess (female) -ness ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === -ske -inde == Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch -esse, borrowed from Old Northern French -esse, from Late Latin -issa (as in abbātissa (“abbess”)). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛ.sə/ === Suffix === -esse creates the female form of some persons or occupations, as English -ess secretaris (“secretary, receptionist”) – secretaresse (“female secretary, female receptionist”) ==== Derived terms ==== === References === == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛs/ === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old French -ece, from Latin -itia. The modern spelling is due to a phonetic merger with etymology 2; see below. Related to -ise. ==== Suffix ==== -esse f (noun-forming suffix, plural -esses) used to form nouns describing the condition of being something (-ness, -ity, etc.) ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Middle French -esse, from Old French -esse, from Late Latin -issa, from Ancient Greek -ισσα (-issa). ==== Suffix ==== -esse f (noun-forming suffix, plural -esses) -ess (female equivalent) -ess (wife of) ===== Derived terms ===== == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈes.se/ Rhymes: -esse Hyphenation: -és‧se === Suffix === -esse (non-lemma form of verb-forming suffix) suffix forming the third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of -ere verbs === Anagrams === sese == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From Old French -esse from Latin -issa, from Ancient Greek -ισσα (-issa). ==== Alternative forms ==== -es, -ess, -asse, -as, -eyse, -eys, -eis, -isse, -ysse, -iss, -yss, -ys, -is ==== Suffix ==== -esse Denotes a female form of otherwise male nouns denoting beings or persons. ===== Usage notes ===== Terms suffixed in -er/-ere/-our have -esse added to the suffixed form, creating a pseudo-suffix -eresse, as in huntere (“hunter, huntsman”):hunteresse (“huntress”); this is partially a reinterpretation of Old French -eriz, from Latin -ātrīcem; compare French -eresse. The seeming exception sorceresse (not *sorcereresse) is built from Anglo-Norman sorcer (“sorcerer”), not sorcerere, which postdates sorceresse. ===== Synonyms ===== -en (displaced) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== English: -ess ===== References ===== “-esse, suf.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 24 June 2018. === Etymology 2 === ==== Suffix ==== -esse alternative form of -yssh == Middle French == === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old French -ece, from Latin -itia. The modern spelling is due to a phonetic merger with etymology 2; see below. Related to -ise. ==== Suffix ==== -esse used to form nouns describing the condition of being something (-ness, -ity, etc.) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== French: -esse === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Old French -esse, from Late Latin -issa, from Ancient Greek -ισσα (-issa). ==== Suffix ==== -esse -ess (used to form feminine nouns from masculine ones) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== French: -esse