-ese /iːz/ suffix
[Language: Portuguese; Origin: -es and Italian -ese, from Latin -ensis]

1. [in nouns] the people or language of a particular country or place:
the Viennese (=people from Vienna)
l’m learning Japanese (=the language of Japan).

2. [in adjectives] belonging to a particular country or place:
Chinese music

3. [in nouns] informal language or words used by a particular group, especially when it sounds ugly or is difficult to understand:
journalese (=language used in newspapers)
officialese (=language used in official or legal writing)

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