-eza

See also: eza, eža, -êza, and ežā

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese -eza, from Latin -itia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈeθɐ], (western) [ˈesɐ]

Suffix

-eza f (noun-forming suffix, plural -ezas)

1. -ness; -ity (appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning “the state of ...”, “the quality of ...”, or “the measure of ...”)

   Synonym: -ura

   ‎triste (“sad”) + ‎-eza → ‎tristeza (“sadness”)

Derived terms

From

Galician terms suffixed with -eza

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈe.zɐ/

• Homophone: -esa

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese -eza, from Latin -itia.

Suffix

-eza f (noun-forming suffix, usually uncountable, plural -ezas)

1. -ness; -ity (appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning “the state of ...”, “the quality of ...”, or “the measure of ...”)

   Synonyms: -ez, -idade, -idão

   ‎belo (“beautiful”) + ‎-eza → ‎beleza (“beauty”)

Derived terms

Portuguese terms suffixed with -eza

Related terms

• -ícia, -ice, -ície

Etymology 2

Suffix

-eza f

1. Archaic spelling of -esa.

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin -itia.

Suffix

-eza f (noun-forming suffix, plural -ezas)

1. attached to adjectives to form abstract nouns of that quality

   ‎grande (“grand, great”) + ‎-eza → ‎grandeza (“grandeur”)

Derived terms

Spanish terms suffixed with -eza

Related terms

• -ez

 

Further reading

• “-eza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Swahili

Suffix

-eza

1. mid vowel variant of -iza