-ez

Portuguese, suffix/ˈe(j)s/

-ez is a Portuguese feminine suffix meaning “-ness (appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning "the state of ...", "the quality of ...", or "the measure of ...")” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “radical que forma substantivos”.

What does -ez mean in English?

suffix

1
feminine-ness (appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning "the state of ...", "the quality of ...", or "the measure of ...")

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

suffix: 1. radical que forma substantivos

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

How do you pronounce -ez?

Brazil /ˈe(j)s/
Brazil [ˈe(ɪ̯)s]
/ˈe(j)ʃ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to -ez

ness

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.