-és

See also: Appendix:Variations of "es"

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈes]

Suffix

-és (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -esa, masculine plural -esos, feminine plural -eses)

1. (Valencia) Alternative spelling of -ès (“-ese”)

Suffix

-és m (noun-forming suffix, plural -esos, feminine -esa)

1. (Valencia) Alternative spelling of -ès (“-ese”)

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [eːʃ]

• Audio:

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Suffix

-és

1. (noun-forming suffix) Added to a verb to form a noun. It may refer to a thing involved in the action or to the action itself.

   ‎fizet (“to pay”) + ‎-és → ‎fizetés (“salary”)

   ‎kér (“to request”) + ‎-és → ‎kérés (“request”)

Usage notes

• (noun-forming suffix) Variants:

  -ás is added to back vowel words

  -és is added to front vowel words

• See detailed usage notes under -ás.

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	-és	-ések
accusative	-ést	-éseket
dative	-ésnek	-éseknek
instrumental	-éssel	-ésekkel
causal-final	-ésért	-ésekért
translative	-éssé	-ésekké
terminative	-ésig	-ésekig
essive-formal	-ésként	-ésekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	-ésben	-ésekben
superessive	-ésen	-éseken
adessive	-ésnél	-éseknél
illative	-ésbe	-ésekbe
sublative	-ésre	-ésekre
allative	-éshez	-ésekhez
elative	-ésből	-ésekből
delative	-ésről	-ésekről
ablative	-éstől	-ésektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	-ésé	-éseké
non-attributive possessive - plural	-éséi	-ésekéi

Possessive forms of -és
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	-ésem	-éseim
2nd person sing.	-ésed	-éseid
3rd person sing.	-ése	-ései
1st person plural	-ésünk	-éseink
2nd person plural	-ésetek	-éseitek
3rd person plural	-ésük	-éseik

Derived terms

Hungarian nouns suffixed with -és

See also

• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin -ēnsis. Doublet of -ense, a borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈes/ [ˈes]
• Rhymes: -es
• Syllabification: -és

Suffix

-és (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -esa, masculine plural -eses, feminine plural -esas)
-és m (noun-forming suffix, plural -eses, feminine -esa, feminine plural -esas)

1. forms nouns and adjectives of nationality: -ish, -an

   ‎Holanda (“Holland, the Netherlands”) + ‎-és → ‎holandés (“Dutch”)

   ‎Francia (“France”) + ‎-és → ‎francés (“French”)

Related terms

• -ense
• -esa

 

Further reading

• “-és”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10