Used with certain suffixes, such as -ian and -ese, when the base word ends in a vowel that is not readily elided. · (pharmacology) Alternative form of -ner-.
Used to form adjectives and nouns describing things and characteristics of a city, region, or country, such as the people and the language spoken by these people. · Used to form nouns meaning the jargon or language used by a particular profession or being or in a particular context.