-ess

Такође погледајте: ess, ESS, ess-, и ëss

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Middle English

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Страна категорија

Енглески

Систем

ен+нг=енг

Etymology

From Средњи Енглески -esse, borrowed from Стари Француски -esse, from Late Latin -issa, from Антички Грчки -ισσα (-issa). Displaced Стари Енглески -en (feminine suffix of nouns).

Suffix

-ess (plural -esses)

1. Suffix appended to words to make a female form.
   Examples:

   actress

   duchess

   goddess

   lioness

   princess

   shepherdess

   stewardess

   waitress

Usage notes

• Professions ending in -ter or -tor change to -tr when this suffix is added.

  A female sempster is a sempstress; a female actor is an actress.

• Professions ending in -e lose an e when this suffix is added.

  A female prince is a princess.

• As in Romance languages, the masculine form is always used when referring to both males and females. However, note the unusual word marquess which is masculine.

  Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart were very popular actors.

  Who would like to be an actor after high school?

• This suffix tends to be regarded as sexist and as such is starting to fall into disuse; a single, gender-neutral term is preferred by some even though it is a less specific term.

  Glenda Jackson is a famous actor.

  Glenda Jackson is a famous actress. More specific language signaling that Glenda is a female.

• Depending on etymology, other feminine affixes are used; see synonyms.
• Not to be confused with -ness, especially in words like lioness, baroness, etc.

Synonyms

• (female suffix): -a, -enne, -ette, -euse, -ine, -ress, -rix, she-

Derived terms

Категорија Енглески termм suffixed with -ess није пронађена

Translations

female suffix

• Arabic: ـَة f (-a)
• Breton: -ez (br) f
• Burmese: မ (my) (ma.)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 女…… (zh) (nǚ...), 母- (mǔ-)

• Danish: -inde
• Dutch: -in (nl) f, -esse (nl) f
• Esperanto: -ino
• Finnish: -tar, -tär
• French: -esse (fr) f, -euse (fr) f, -e (fr) f
• Galician: -esa f
• German: -in (de) f (-trix (de) f, -öse f)
• Greek: -ισσα (el) f (-issa)
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• Hebrew: -ה (-a), -ית (-it)
• Hungarian: -nő
• Ido: -ino
• Irish: ban-
• Norman: -êsse f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: -inne (no) m or f, -ske m or f, -esse m or f

• Portuguese: -a (pt) f, -esa f
• Romanian: -iță f, -easă f
• Russian: -ка (ru) f (-ka), -ша (ru) f (-ša), -ица f (-ica), -ница f (-nica), -и́са f (-ísa), -е́сса f (-éssa), -а (ru) f (-a), -чица f (-čica), -иня f (-inja), -ыня f (-ynja), -и́ха f (-íxa), -ья (ru) f (-ʹja), -у́ха f (-úxa)
• Swedish: -inna (sv), -essa (sv), -ska (sv)
• Volapük: ji- (vo)
• Welsh: -es (cy) f

References

• “-ess” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2024.

Anagrams

• -ses, SES, SEs, SSE

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Middle English

Suffix

-ess

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Alternative form of -esse

References

• “-esse, (suf.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 24 June 2018.