"-ense" meaning in Italian

See -ense in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Forms: -ensi [plural], -ensi [plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin -ēnsis (“originating in”), whence also the inherited Italian doublet -ese. Etymology templates: {{lbor|it|la|-ēnsis||originating in}} Learned borrowing from Latin -ēnsis (“originating in”), {{doublet|it|-ese|notext=1}} -ese Head templates: {{it-adj}} -ense (adjective-forming suffix, plural -ensi), {{it-noun|mfbysense}} -ense m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -ensi)
  1. used to create adjectives and nouns that denote ethnonyms, like parmense, from Parma or statunitense, from Stati Uniti Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine, morpheme Related terms: -ese
    Sense id: en--ense-it-suffix-oDzqIKFv Categories (other): Italian masculine and feminine suffixes by sense, Italian suffixes with multiple genders

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