Definitions

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  • 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.
  • suffix Used to form nouns meaning the jargon used by a particular profession or in a particular context.

Etymologies

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From Old French -eis, from Latin -ēnsis.

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