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French Etymology Pronunciation Suffix Derived terms See also Old French Alternative forms Etymology Suffix Descendants

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ois"

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French -ois, from Latin -ēnsis. In some senses they are conflated with Late Latin -iscus (whence also the doublet -esque). More at -ish, -ese.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /wa/
Audio: (file)

Suffix

-ois

Used to form adjectives related to a particular country, region or city, their associated inhabitant names, and the local language or dialect

Derived terms

French terms suffixed with -ois

brandebourgeois

Liechtensteinois

liechtensteinois

anversois, Anversois (from Anvers)
athois, Athois (from Ath)
bavarois, Bavarois (from Bavière)
binchois, Binchois (from Binche)
brugeois, Brugeois (from Bruges)
bruxellois, Bruxellois (from Bruxelles)
buvrinnois, Buvrinnois (from Buvrinnes)
danois, Danois (from Danemark)
édimbourgeois, Édimbourgeois (from Édimbourg)
estinnois, Estinnois (from Estinnes)
françois, François (from France)
fribourgeois, Fribourgeois (from Fribourg)
gantois, Gantois (from Gand)
hambourgeois, Hambourgeois (from Hambourg)
hasseltois, Hasseltois (from Hasselt)
hongrois, Hongrois (from Hongrie)
liégeois, Liégeois (from Liège)
limbourgeois, Limbourgeois (from Limbourg)
louviérois, Louviérois (from La Louvière)
luxembourgeois, Luxembourgeois (from Luxembourg)
manageois, Manageois (from Manage)
montois, Montois (from Mons)
namurois, Namurois (from Namur)
québécois, Québécois (from Quebec)
salzbourgeois, Salzbourgeois (from Salzbourg)
strasbourgeois, Strasbourgeois (from Strasbourg)
suédois, Suédois (from Suède)
viennois, Viennois (from Vienne)
zaïrois, Zaïrois (from Zaïre)

See also

-ais

Old French

Alternative forms

-eis

Etymology

In some senses from Late Latin, Vulgar Latin -iscus, in others from Latin -ēnsis.

Suffix

-ois

used to form nationalities
used to form names of languages
françois (“French”)

anglois (“English”)
used to form the first- and second-person singular imperfect tense

Descendants

French: -ais, -ois
Norman: -ais, -ouais

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