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Etymology
ca :inh la-vul:-iscus
ca la-vul -iscus.
Pronunciation
ê
Suffix
-esque in the style or manner of
ca usually derogatory -ic relating or pertinent to
Derived terms
ca
See also
ca -ic
Romanian
Pronunciation
ro LL-Q7913 (ron)-UbiquitousSwizzy--esc.wav
ro /-esk/
Etymology 1
ro suf :inh la:-iscus<id:suf> 1
ro suffr :bor fr:-esque<id:suf> 1
ro la-lat - or ro la-vul -iscus for older words and the common Romanian surname ending ro -escu, as well as the place name suffix ro -ești formed from the plural. Based on ro fr -esque for many newer words or neologisms, which appear after the mid-19th century.
Suffix
ro suffix m feminine singular -ească plural -ești adverbial -ește
-esque, -ish (used with a root to form adjectives)
Declension
Derived terms
ro -escu bărbătesc creștinesc femeiesc frățesc omenesc românesc
ro
Related terms
ro -ește adverbial form
Etymology 2
ro vsuf :inh la:-escō<id:vsuf> 1
ro A form of the infix ro -esc-, from ro la -ēscō (and la -ēscunt in the case of the third-person plural). Cognates include rup -escu, it -isco, it -iscono, es -ezco, es -ecen, ca -eixo, ca -eixen.
Alternative forms
ro -ăsc
Suffix
ro suffix
Used with a stem to form the first-person singular and third-person plural present of most regular -i (fourth conjugation) verbs. E.g. unesc, tușesc, feresc, pățesc, urăsc.
Related terms
ro -ești
ro -ește
References