-ise

From Middle English -isen, from Middle French -iser, from Late Latin -izāre, from Ancient Greek -ίζω (-ízō), from Proto-Indo-European *-idyé- (verbal suffix). Cognate with Old English -ettan (verbal suffix).

-ise (verb-forming suffix, third-person singular simple present -ises, present participle -ising, simple past and past participle -ised)

1. Alternative form of -ize used in certain words; see the usage notes.

• Many English verbs end in the suffix -ize, which in British English can also be spelled -ise, but must not be confused with the English or French stems -rise, -mise, -vise, -cise, etc. (as in arise, advertise, improvise, etc.), spelled thus everywhere. This suffix ultimately derives from Late Latin -izāre, Ancient Greek -ίζω (-ízō), but it entered English from Middle French -iser as Middle English -isen. The variation of -ize and -ise began in Old French and Middle English, perhaps aided by words such as surprise (see above). In Britain, despite the opposition to it (at least formerly) of the Oxford University Press, -ise remains dominant. In the US, only -z- spelling of the suffix is used, and it is the predominant one in Canada.

From Middle English -ise, from Old French -ise, borrowed from Latin -itia.

-ise (noun-forming suffix, plural -ises)

1. Suffix used in loanwords from French to form abstract nouns of quality or function.

   merchandise, franchise

• -ies, -sie, EIS, EIs, ESI, ies, sei, sie

• IPA^(key): /-iˈse/ [-ɪˈsɛ]

-isé

1. Used to form causative verbs from other verbs.

• E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN, page 245

Inherited from Old French -ise, a suffix probably derived, by resegmentation, from justise (< Latin iūstitia), whose ending was influenced by the closely-related juïse (< Latin iūdĭcium),^[1] whose /i/, in turn, may be the result of influence from -īcius (adjective-forming suffix).

• IPA^(key): /iz/

-ise f (noun-forming suffix, plural -ises)

1. -ise; forms abstract nouns

   ‎débrouillard + ‎-ise → ‎débrouillardise

   ‎franc + ‎-ise → ‎franchise

   ‎vantard + ‎-ise → ‎vantardise

-ise

1. alternative form of -yssh

-ise

1. used to form feminine nouns, often denoting a state or quality

   ‎franc + ‎-ise → ‎franchise

   ‎cuinte + ‎-ise → ‎cuintise