-esque
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Vulgar Latin -iscus Italian -escobor. French -esque Borrowed from Italian -esco. Doublet of -ais and -ois.
İspanyolca 🔊 -esco (eril) /ˈesko/ alternative form of -sco; forms adjectives that signify "relation" to the word stem; sometimes pejorative
🔊 libro (“book”) + -esco → libresco (“related to books”)
-esque: in the style of manner of
köken: Borrowed from French -esque.
Portekizce 🔊 -esco /ˈes.ku/ Forms adjectives that signify comparison, relation or resemblance to the word stem (-like, -esque)
🔊 animal (“animal”) + -esco → animalesco (“animalesque, animal-like”)
🔊 livro (“book”) + -esco → livresco (“related to books”)
appended to nouns to form adjectives; -y
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-usder. Proto-Indo-European *-osder. Proto-Slavic *-ovъ Old Polish -owy Polish -owy Inherited from Old Polish -owy.
Forms adjectives from nouns, signifying resemblance; -like, -shaped, -ish, -ly, -y, -ous
köken: maa + -inen. Compare the dialectal expression olla jotakin maata (“to be the kind (that), to opine (that)”).
🔊 kaasu (“gas”) + -mainen → kaasumainen (“gaseous”)
🔊 neste (“liquid”) + -mainen → nestemäinen (“liquid”)
🔊 kiila (“wedge”) + -mainen → kiilamainen (“wedgelike, cuneiform”)
-like, resembling, in the nature of (added to a word to form an adjective)
köken: From szer (“manner”) + -ű (adjective-forming suffix).
aile: -szerűség, -szerűtlen, alakszerű, alapszabályszerű, alkalomszerű, anekdotaszerű, anyagszerű, atommagszerű, bankszerű, cégszerű
🔊 sport (“sport”) + -szerű → sportszerű (“sportsmanlike”)
Forms adjectives, mostly from nouns, the adjectives having the sense "similar to"; -like.
köken: From Low German achtich (“equipped with”), hachtich.
denotes likeness
köken: Etymology tree Latin -ia Latin -itia Italian -ezzabor. Esperanto -eco Esperanto -a Esperanto -eca From -eco + -a.
🔊 hundo (“dog”) + -eca → hundeca (“doglike”)