-es
French, suffix
-es is a French suffix meaning “forms the second-person singular present indicative form of a verb” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, es is a different word: “second-person singular present indicative of être”.
What does -es mean in English?
suffix
- 1
forms the second-person singular present indicative form of a verb
- 2
forms the second-person singular present subjunctive form of a verb
verb
- 1
second-person singular present indicative of être
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
preposition: 1. En matière de. 2. ou Dans les; en les, aux (il s'agit originellement de la contraction de en et de les).
noun: 1. Dix-neuvième lettre de l’alphabet cyrillique, с.
noun: 1. Eau de source.
prefix: 1. Ex-, é-.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
English words that translate to -es
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is -es in French?
-es appears 550 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).