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ESE

1 American  
Or E.S.E.

abbreviation

  1. east-southeast.


-ese 2 American  
  1. a suffix forming adjectival derivatives of placenames, especially countries or cities; frequently used nominally to denote the inhabitants of the place or their language: Faroese; Japanese; Vietnamese; Viennese . By analogy with such language names, -ese occurs in coinages denoting in a disparaging, often facetious way a characteristic jargon, style, or accent: Brooklynese; bureaucratese; journalese; computerese .


-ese 1 British  

suffix

  1. indicating place of origin, language, or style

    Cantonese

    Japanese

    journalese

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ESE 2 British  

symbol

  1. east-southeast

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Usage

What else does ese mean? Ese, amigo, hombre. Or, in English slang, dude, bro, homey.Ese is a Mexican-Spanish slang term of address for a fellow man.How do you pronounce ese?[ es-ey ] or [ ey-sey ]

Etymology

Origin of -ese

First recorded in 1895–1900; probably originally from Italian -ese, later representing Spanish, Portuguese -es, French -ais, -ois, all from Latin -ēnsem “pertaining to, originating in”; -ensis