"-es" meaning in English

See -es in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /əz/, /ɪz/, /z/, /iːz/ [US, sometimes]
Etymology: From Middle English -es, from Old English -as. More at -s. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|-es}} Middle English -es, {{inh|en|ang|-as}} Old English -as Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -es, {{en-suffix|inflectional}} -es
  1. Used to form the regular plural of nouns that end in a sibilant (/s/, /z/, /ʃ/, /ʒ/, /t͡s/, /d͡z/, /t͡ʃ/ or /d͡ʒ/), such as:
    (t)ch, when pronounced as /tʃ/: glitch→glitches (but psych→psychs)
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--es-en-suffix-W7CtYZdG
  2. Used to form the regular plural of nouns that end in a sibilant (/s/, /z/, /ʃ/, /ʒ/, /t͡s/, /d͡z/, /t͡ʃ/ or /d͡ʒ/), such as:
    (j)j: hajj→hajjes (j is only final in loan words raj, hajj)
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--es-en-suffix-9dyfNVX8
  3. Used to form the regular plural of nouns that end in a sibilant (/s/, /z/, /ʃ/, /ʒ/, /t͡s/, /d͡z/, /t͡ʃ/ or /d͡ʒ/), such as:
    (s)s: bus→buses, rendezvous→rendezvouses
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--es-en-suffix-lOdllKvj
  4. Used to form the regular plural of nouns that end in a sibilant (/s/, /z/, /ʃ/, /ʒ/, /t͡s/, /d͡z/, /t͡ʃ/ or /d͡ʒ/), such as:
    x: box→boxes
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--es-en-suffix-p1oyopHf
  5. Used to form the regular plural of nouns that end in a sibilant (/s/, /z/, /ʃ/, /ʒ/, /t͡s/, /d͡z/, /t͡ʃ/ or /d͡ʒ/), such as:
    (z)z: waltz→waltzes
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--es-en-suffix-GHP-pXVh
  6. Used to form the regular plural of nouns that end in a sibilant (/s/, /z/, /ʃ/, /ʒ/, /t͡s/, /d͡z/, /t͡ʃ/ or /d͡ʒ/), such as:
    sh: ash→ashes
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--es-en-suffix-3skqYHJR
  7. Used to form the regular plural of nouns that end in a consonant (or qu) + y: Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--es-en-suffix-iNWWRZy1
  8. Used for form the plural of some nouns that end in a consonant + o: Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--es-en-suffix-I6edULvd
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

IPA: /əz/, /ɪz/, /z/, /iːz/ [US, sometimes]
Etymology: From Middle English -es, -is, from Old English -es, -as, Northern variants of -est, -ast (second person singular indicative ending). Replaced Middle English -eth, from Old English -eþ, -aþ. The falling together of the second and third person singular verb forms in Old English is believed to be due to Scandinavian influence, where the employment of the same verbal endings for both 2nd and 3rd singular indicative follows a similar pattern to that seen in Old Norse (e.g. þú masar, hann masar; þú þekkir, hann þekkir; etc.). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|-es}} Middle English -es, {{der|en|ang|-es}} Old English -es, {{inh|en|ang|-eþ}} Old English -eþ Head templates: {{head|en|suffix}} -es
  1. Used to form the third person singular present indicative of regular verbs:
    that end in (t)ch pronounced as /tʃ/: impeach→impeaches (but psych→psychs)
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--es-en-suffix-G8ezJ-S3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 9 10 7 10 6 7 7 0
  2. Used to form the third person singular present indicative of regular verbs:
    that end in (s)s: miss→misses
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--es-en-suffix-Do5yIchJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 9 10 7 10 6 7 7 0
  3. Used to form the third person singular present indicative of regular verbs:
    that end in x: tax→taxes
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--es-en-suffix-y08fSK0P
  4. Used to form the third person singular present indicative of regular verbs:
    that end in (z)z: fizz→fizzes
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--es-en-suffix-xZ5YSeiu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 9 10 7 10 6 7 7 0
  5. Used to form the third person singular present indicative of regular verbs:
    that end in consonant + o in some cases: go→goes (but radio→radios)
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--es-en-suffix-bGV3~iZ6
  6. Used to form the third person singular present indicative of regular verbs:
    that end in sh: wish→wishes
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--es-en-suffix-vcX70gPr
  7. Used to form the third person singular present indicative of regular verbs:
    that end in consonant (or qu) + y: cry→cries (but buy→buys)
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--es-en-suffix-r8G~esKV
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Suffix

IPA: /əz/, /ɪz/, /z/, /iːz/ [US, sometimes]
Etymology: See -s, -'s. Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -es, {{en-suffix}} -es
  1. (obsolete, no longer productive) Possessive marker; see -s, -'s. Tags: idiomatic, morpheme, obsolete
    Sense id: en--es-en-suffix-j7p9hUkO
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3
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        "Used to form the regular plural of nouns that end in a sibilant (/s/, /z/, /ʃ/, /ʒ/, /t͡s/, /d͡z/, /t͡ʃ/ or /d͡ʒ/), such as:",
        "sh: ash→ashes"
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          "text": "lady→ladies, soliloquy→soliloquies (but key→keys)"
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          "text": "tomato→tomatoes (but soprano→sopranos)"
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      "ipa": "/ɪz/"
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      "ipa": "/ɪz/"
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  "etymology_text": "See -s, -'s.",
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      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1573, An exposition of the kinges prerogative, collected out of the great Abridgement of Justice Fitzherbert and other olde writers of the lawes of England, page 38:",
          "text": "... whereupon king Henry his sonne, as it may appeare by the later clause of this chapter, recouered diuers eschet[s] of lande within this Realme holden by Normans, whiche after they began to adhere to the French king, the kinges enimy[…]",
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        "Possessive marker; see -s, -'s."
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        "(obsolete, no longer productive) Possessive marker; see -s, -'s."
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      "ipa": "/əz/"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ɪz/"
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      "ipa": "/z/"
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}

Download raw JSONL data for -es meaning in English (8.9kB)

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  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: t",
  "path": [
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  "title": "-es",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: t",
  "path": [
    "-es"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "suffix",
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}

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  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: j",
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  ],
  "section": "English",
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  "trace": ""
}

{
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    "-es"
  ],
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}

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}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
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  "path": [
    "-es"
  ],
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  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: z",
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  ],
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  "subsection": "suffix",
  "title": "-es",
  "trace": ""
}

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  ],
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}

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