-és

Inherited from Latin -ēnsis.

• IPA^(key): /ˈes/
• Syllabification: -és
• Rhymes: -es

-és (feminine -esa, masculine plural -eses, feminine plural -esas)
-és m (plural -eses, feminine -esa, feminine plural -esas)

1. forms nouns and adjectives denoting things and characteristics of a city, region, or country, such as the people and the language or dialect they speak: -ese, -ish, -an, -ian, -ic, -ite

   Synonym: -án

   ‎Benás (“Benasque”) + ‎-és → ‎benasqués (“Benasquese”)

   ‎Francia (“France”) + ‎-és → ‎francés (“French”)

   ‎Polonia (“Poland”) + ‎-és → ‎polonés (“Polish”)

Inherited from Latin -ēnsis.

• IPA^(key): /ˈes/ [ˈes]
• Rhymes: -es
• Syllabification: -és

-és m sg (adjective-forming suffix, feminine singular -esa, neuter singular -eso, masculine plural -eses, feminine plural -eses)
-és m sg (feminine singular -esa, masculine plural -eses, feminine plural -eses)

1. forms nouns and adjectives denoting things and characteristics of a city, region, or country, such as the people and the language or dialect they speak: -ese, -ish, -an, -ian, -ic, -ite

   Synonyms: -anu, -ense, -ín, -ita

   ‎Aragón (“Aragon”) + ‎-és → ‎aragonés (“Aragonese”)

   ‎Francia (“France”) + ‎-és → ‎francés (“French”)

   ‎Inglaterra (“England”) + ‎-és → ‎inglés (“English”)

• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈes]

-és (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -esa, masculine plural -esos, feminine plural -eses)

1. (Valencia) alternative spelling of -ès (“-ese”)

-és m (noun-forming suffix, plural -esos, feminine -esa, feminine plural -eses)

1. (Valencia) alternative spelling of -ès (“-ese”)

From Latin -ēnsis.

-és

1. forms nouns and adjectives denoting things and characteristics of a city, region, or country, such as the people and the language or dialect they speak: -ese, -ish, -an, -ian, -ic, -ite

   Synonym: -anu

   ‎Portugal (“Portugal”) + ‎-és → ‎portugués (“Portuguese”)

   ‎Fráncia, Francia (“France”) + ‎-és → ‎francés (“French”)

   ‎Aragón + ‎-és → ‎aragonés (“Aragonese”)

From Old Galician-Portuguese -es, from Latin -ēnsis. Doublet of -ense.

• IPA^(key): /ˈes/ [ˈes]
• Rhymes: -es

-és (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -esa, masculine plural -eses, feminine plural -esas)
-és m (noun-forming suffix, plural -eses, feminine -esa, feminine plural -esas)

1. forms nouns and adjectives denoting things and characteristics of a city, region, or country, such as the people and the language or dialect they speak: -ese, -ish, -an, -ian, -ic, -ite

   Synonyms: -ano, -eño, -eco

   ‎Holanda (“Holland, the Netherlands”) + ‎-és → ‎holandés (“Dutch”)

   ‎Francia (“France”) + ‎-és → ‎francés (“French”)

   ‎Aragón (“Aragon”) + ‎-és → ‎aragonés (“Aragonese”)

• -és, -ense, in Galizionario (in Galician), 2025 July 05
• chinés, francés, holandés, polonés, portugués, in Dicionario de pronuncia da lingua galega (in Galician), Instituto da Lingua Galega, 2025

• IPA^(key): [eːʃ]

• Audio:

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-és

1. (noun-forming suffix) Added to a verb to form a noun. It may refer to a thing involved in the action or to the action itself.

   ‎fizet (“to pay”) + ‎-és → ‎fizetés (“salary”)

   ‎kér (“to request”) + ‎-és → ‎kérés (“request”)

• (noun-forming suffix) Variants:

  -ás is added to back vowel words

  -és is added to front vowel words

• See detailed usage notes under -ás.

• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

From Latin -ēnsis.

-és (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -esa, masculine plural -eses, feminine plural -esas)
-és m (noun-forming suffix, plural -eses, feminine -esa, feminine plural -esas)

1. forms nouns and adjectives denoting things and characteristics of a city, region, or country, such as the people and the language or dialect they speak: -ese, -ish, -an, -ian, -ic, -ite

   ‎Pertual (“Portugal”) + ‎-és → ‎pertués (“Portuguese”)

   ‎Fráncia (“France”) + ‎-és → ‎francés (“French”)

   ‎Aragon + ‎-és → ‎aragonés (“Aragonese”)

From Latin -ēnsis.

• IPA^(key): /ˈes/ [ˈes]
• Rhymes: -es

-és m (feminine singular -esa, masculine plural -eses, feminine plural -esas)
-és m (plural -eses, feminine -esa, feminine plural -esas)

1. forms nouns and adjectives denoting things and characteristics of a city, region, or country, such as the people and the language or dialect they speak: -ese, -ish, -an, -ian, -ic, -ite

   Synonyms: -enc, -ian

   ‎Portugal + ‎-és → ‎portugués (“Portuguese”)

   ‎França (“France”) + ‎-és → ‎francés (“French”)

   ‎Aragon + ‎-és → ‎aragonés (“Aragonese”)

• -és, in Wikiccinari (in Occitan), 2025 July 05

Inherited from Latin -ēnsis. Doublet of -ense, a learned borrowing.

• IPA^(key): /ˈes/ [ˈes]
• Rhymes: -es
• Syllabification: -és

-és (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -esa, masculine plural -eses, feminine plural -esas)
-és m (noun-forming suffix, plural -eses, feminine -esa, feminine plural -esas)

1. forms nouns and adjectives denoting things and characteristics of a city, region, or country, such as the people and the language or dialect they speak: -ese, -ish, -an, -ian, -ic, -ite

   Synonyms: -ano, -eño, -eco

   ‎Holanda (“Holland, the Netherlands”) + ‎-és → ‎holandés (“Dutch”)

   ‎Francia (“France”) + ‎-és → ‎francés (“French”)

   ‎Aragón (“Aragon”) + ‎-és → ‎aragonés (“Aragonese”)

• “-és”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024