-ois

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:

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Suffix

-ois

1. 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

Derived terms

• 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)
• édimbourgeois, Édimbourgeois (from Édimbourg)
• estinnois, Estinnois (from Estinnes)
• danois, Danois (from Danemark)
• 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

1. used to form nationalities
2. used to form names of languages

   françois (“French”)

   anglois (“English”)

3. used to form the first- and second-person singular imperfect tense

Descendants

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