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Definitions and meaning of es

es

Translingual

Symbol

(radio slang) a synonym for "and"

Etymology 1

Noun

es (plural esses)

Alternative form of ess (letter 's') in compounds such as "es-hook".

Etymology 2

e +‎ -s.

Noun

plural of e

Usage notes

There is some difference of opinion regarding the use of apostrophes in the pluralization of references to letters as symbols. New Fowler's Modern English Usage, after noting that the usage has changed, states on page 602 that "after letters an apostrophe is obligatory." The 15th edition of The Chicago Manual of Style states in paragraph 7.16, "To avoid confusion, lowercase letters ... form the plural with an apostrophe and an s". The Oxford Style Manual on page 116 advocates the use of common sense.

Etymology 3

Verb

es (be)

Pronunciation spelling of is.

Anagrams

-se, SE, Se., se, se.

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch est, variant of eest, from Middle Dutch eeste (also este).

Noun

es (plural esse)

fireplace
Synonym: vuurherd

Alemannic German

Pronunciation

(Zurich) IPA^(key): /əs/, /ɛs/

Etymology 1

Article

es n

neuter of en: a/an
- 1978, Rolf Lyssy & Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher (transcript):
  Das isch September vor eme Jar gsi.

Declension

Short forms of the dative – eme, ere, eme – are also common.

Etymology 2

From Middle High German ëʒ, from Old High German iʒ, from Proto-Germanic *it. Cognate with German es.

Pronoun

es n

(personal) it

Declension

Aragonese

Pronoun

them (masculine direct object)

Synonyms

Arin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Yeniseian *ʔes (“God, sky”). Compare Kott ēš, eš (“God, sky”), Assan aš-parán (“sky”); ös, eš (“God”); öš, eč (“God, sky”) and Pumpokol eč (“sky”).

Noun

Aromanian

Alternative forms

esu, ies, iesu

Etymology

From Latin exeō. Compare Daco-Romanian ieși, ies.

Verb

es (third-person singular present indicative easi or ease, past participle ishitã)

I leave, exit, go out.
(of the sun, moon) rise
(figuratively) I defecate.

Related terms

ishiri / ishire
ishit
ishitã
ishitor

Assan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Yeniseian *ʔes (“God, sky”). Compare Kott ēš, eš (“God, sky”), Arin eš (“God, sky”) and Pumpokol eč (“sky”).

Noun

Synonyms

ečāl
eš
ēš

Bavarian

Alternative forms

eß
ös (dated)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /es/, [es]

Pronoun

es pl (second-person nominative)

you (plural, familiar)

Catalan

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /əs/
(Valencian) IPA^(key): /es/

Etymology 1

From Latin sē

Pronoun

es (proclitic, contracted s', enclitic se, contracted enclitic 's)

himself, herself, itself (direct or indirect object)
oneself (direct or indirect object)
themselves (direct or indirect object)
each other (direct or indirect object)

Declension

Usage notes

es is the reinforced (reforçada) form of the pronoun. It is used before verbs beginning with consonant.

Etymology 2

From Latin ipse.

Alternative forms

Article

es m sg (feminine sa, masculine plural es, masculine plural sos, feminine plural ses)

(Balearics) the

Usage notes

In Balearic Catalan, es contrasts with el as an obviative article, but is often used in first instance.

Etymology 3

Noun

plural of e

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

'z (Luserna)
is, 's

Etymology

From Middle High German ëz, iz, from Old High German iz, from Proto-West Germanic *it, from Proto-Germanic *it, nominative/accusative singular neuter of *iz. Cognate with German es.

Pronoun

(Sette Comuni) it

Inflection

References

“es” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Czech

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈɛs]

Noun

es n

The name of the Latin-script letter S.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈɛs]

Noun

genitive singular of eso
nominative plural of eso
accusative plural of eso
vocative plural of eso

Danish

Noun

es n (singular definite esset, plural indefinite esser)

(card games) ace
Jeg har alle esserne.
I have all the aces.

Declension

Dutch

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch essche, from Old Dutch *aska, from Proto-Germanic *askaz, *askiz (compare West Frisian esk, English ash, German Esche, Danish ask), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃osk- (compare Welsh onnen, Latin ornus (“wild mountain ash”), Lithuanian úosis, Russian ясень (jasenʹ), Albanian ah (“beech”), Ancient Greek ὀξύα (oxúa, “beech”), Old Armenian հացի (hacʿi)).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛs/
Hyphenation: es
Rhymes: -ɛs

Noun

es m (plural essen, diminutive esje n)

ash, ash tree, Fraxinus excelsior
ash, any tree of the genus Fraxinus

Alternative forms

esch (obsolete)

Derived terms

essenstoof

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛs/
Hyphenation: es
Rhymes: -ɛs

Noun

es m (plural essen, diminutive esje n)

(music) E-flat

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /əs/
Hyphenation: es

Adverb

(informal, dialectal) Alternative form of eens (“once”)

Etymology 4

From Middle Dutch esche. Compare German Esch. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛs/
Hyphenation: es
Rhymes: -ɛs

Noun

es m (plural essen, diminutive esje n)

A tract of open, often raised agricultural land near or surrounding a village or hamlet.
Synonym: enk

Alternative forms

esch (obsolete)

Finnish

Etymology

From German Es (German key notation).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈes/, [ˈe̞s̠]
Rhymes: -es
Syllabification: es

Noun

(music) E-flat

Usage notes

Capitalized for the great octave or any octave below that, or in names of major keys; not capitalized for the small octave or any octave above that, or in names of minor keys.

Declension

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛ/
Homophones: ai, aie, aies, aient, ait, est, hais, hait

Verb

second-person singular present indicative of être

Anagrams

SE, se

Fuyug

Noun

es (plural esing)

child

References

Robert L. Bradshaw, Fuyug grammar sketch (2007)

Galician

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛs/

Verb

second-person singular present indicative of ser

German

Alternative forms

's (chiefly informal or poetic)
-'s

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛs/

Etymology 1

From Middle High German ëz, from Old High German iz, from Proto-Germanic *it. Compare English it.

Pronoun

es n

The third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer neuter nouns in the nominative and accusative cases — it (referring to things), he or him (with reference to male creatures, people etc. that are grammatically neuter), or she or her (with reference to female creatures, people etc. that are grammatically neuter)
- 1952, Marie Luise Kaschnitz, ‘Das dicke Kind’:
Impersonal pronoun used to refer to statements, activities, the environment etc., or as a placeholder/dummy pronoun — it

Usage notes

As a pronoun referring to people who are grammatically neutral, it is sometimes considered old-fashioned or dated to insist on using the neutral es instead of er/sie, especially for Mädchen, in spoken language, and when there is a large distance between when the person is introduced and when the corresponding pronoun is used.
In a small and closed set of phrases, es continues a Middle High German ës which was the genitive of ëz: Ich bin es müde ‘I am tired of it’.
In the colloquial speech of some areas, this pronoun is fully replaced with the demonstrative pronoun das, with which it shares the unstressed reduction /s/. This reflects a similar development for sie/die, but predates it.

Declension

Derived terms

Es
-'s
by the German spelling reform of 1996: gehts, nimms, wenns

Etymology 2

Article

es n

(regional, colloquial) Alternative form of das

Usage notes

The contracted form 's is more common, but es is also frequently heard.

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese este. Cognate with Kabuverdianu es.

Pronoun

this

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /əs, es/

Pronoun

Inflection

Icelandic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛːs/
Rhymes: -ɛːs

Noun

es n (genitive singular ess, nominative plural es)

(music) E flat

Declension

Related terms

e
eses
as
ces
des
fes
ges

Ido

Etymology

By assimilation with English is, French es, Italian essere, Spanish es.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɛs/

Verb

Apocopic form of esas

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch ijs, from Middle Dutch ijs, from Old Dutch *īs, from Proto-Germanic *īsą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛs/
Hyphenation: ès

Noun

ès (first-person possessive esku, second-person possessive esmu, third-person possessive esnya)

Alternative forms

ais (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

Interlingua

Verb

present indicative of esser: is, are, am

Kabuverdianu

Etymology 1

From Portuguese eles.

Pronoun

they

Etymology 2

From Portuguese este.

Pronoun

this

Latgalian

Alternative forms

(archaic) as

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *ež, from Proto-Indo-European *eǵ. Cognates include Latvian es and Lithuanian aš.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈæsʲ/
Hyphenation: es

Pronoun

Declension

References

Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 35

Latin

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /es/, [ɛs̠]
(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /es/, [ɛs]

Noun

es f (indeclinable)

The name of the letter S.

Usage notes

Multiple Latin names for the letter S, s have been suggested. The most common is es or a syllabic s, although there is some evidence which also supports, as names for the letter, sē, sss, əs, sə, and even (in the fourth- or fifth-century first Antinoë papyrus, which gives Greek transliterations of the Latin names of the Roman alphabet’s letters) ισσε (isse).

Coordinate terms

(Latin-script letter names) littera; ā, bē, cē, dē, ē, ef, gē, hā / *acca, ī, kā, el, em, en, ō, pē, kū, er, es, tē, ū, ix / īx / ex, ȳ / ī graeca / ȳpsīlon, zēta

References

es in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
Arthur E. Gordon, The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet (University of California Press, 1973; volume 9 of University of California Publications: Classical Studies), especially pages 30–31, 42–44, and 63

Etymology 2

Form of the verb sum (“am”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /es/, [ɛs̠]
(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /es/, [ɛs]

Verb

second-person singular present active indicative of sum
second-person singular present active imperative of sum

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:es.

Etymology 3

Form of the verb edō (“I eat”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /eːs/, [eːs̠]
(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /es/, [ɛs]

Verb

ēs

second-person singular present active indicative of edō
second-person singular present active imperative of edō

Synonyms

edis

Latvian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *ēź-, from Proto-Indo-European *eǵ (from *éǵh₂). The non-nominative forms derive from Proto-Indo-European dependent stem *me- (the a instead of e in the Baltic languages appears to result from Iranian influence): reduplicated *me-me- → *mene → Proto-Baltic genitive/accusative *mane → *manen (by analogy with other accusatives) → *manens (by analogy with other genitives) → genitive manis, while *manen → accusative mani. Dative man comes from an older *mani. Instrumental variant manim imitates the nominal i-stem paradigm. Cognates include Lithuanian aš (archaic eš), Old Prussian es, as, Sudovian as, Proto-Slavic *(j)azъ (Old Church Slavonic азъ (azŭ), Old East Slavic ꙗзъ (jazŭ), Belarusian, Ukrainian, Russian я (ja), Bulgarian аз (az), Czech já (from jaz), Polish ja (from jaz)), Proto-Germanic *ekan, *ek (Gothic 𐌹𐌺 (ik), Old Norse ek, Old High German ih, German ich, Old English ic, English I), Hittite uk, Sanskrit अहम् (ahám), Avestan 𐬀𐬰𐬆𐬨‎ (azəm), Ancient Greek ἐγώ (egṓ), Latin ego, Ossetian ӕз (æz).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɛs]

Pronoun

es (personal, 1st person singular)

I; first person pronoun, referring to the speaker

Usage notes

The form mans is a possessive pronoun ('my'), while manis is a true genitive form ('of me'). The dative form manim is used only optionally, with prepositions.

Declension

Related terms

manējs

Noun

es m (invariable)

I, ego (the essence of a person)

Etymology 2

A cross-linguistically frequent way of naming this sound, and the respective letter.

Noun

es m (invariable)

The Latvian name of the Latin script letter S/s.

References

Middle Dutch

Pronoun

genitive of hi
genitive of het

Verb

Alternative form of is; third-person singular present indicative of wēsen

Middle English

Etymology 1

Determiner

Alternative form of his (“his”)

Pronoun

Alternative form of his (“his”)

Etymology 2

Pronoun

Alternative form of his (“her”)

Etymology 3

Verb

Alternative form of is (“is”)

Middle French

Etymology 1

Old French es ("[you] are").

Verb

second-person singular present indicative of estre

Etymology 2

Old French es ("in the").

Contraction

Contraction of en + les (“in the (plural)”).

Middle Irish

Noun

es f

stoat, weasel

Descendants

Irish: eas

Mutation

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

present tense of asa and ase (to swell, ferment)

Occitan

Verb

third-person singular present indicative of èsser

Ojibwe

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *e·hsa.

Noun

es (plural esag)

shell (2)
oyster

Old French

Etymology

Contraction of en les.

Preposition

in the

Descendants

French: ès (archaic)

Old Irish

Alternative forms

ess (theoretically available for all senses; attested in only some)

Etymology 1

Noun

es (gender unknown)

the letter s

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

es (gender unknown)

death

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

es (gender unknown)

food

Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

es (gender unknown)

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronoun

Alternative spelling of as: third-person singular masculine of a

Mutation

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Norse ᛁᛊᛏ (ist), from Proto-Germanic *isti, first/third-person singular indicative present of *wesaną. Evolved to younger variant er. Compare vesa, vas (vera, var).

Verb

Archaic form of er., third-person singular indicative present of vera

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *iz (“he; 3rd person personal pronoun”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌹𐍃 (is), Old High German ēr (German er).

Pronoun

Archaic form of er. (which, that)

Conjunction

Archaic form of er. (when, where)

Pennsylvania German

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛs/

Etymology

Compare German es, Dutch het, English it.

Article

es n (definite, nominative)

Declension

Pronoun

es n

Declension

Romagnol

Etymology

From Latin esse, present active infinitive of sum.

Verb

to be
(auxiliary, used to form composite past tense of many intransitive verbs) to have (done something).

Sawi

Interjection

at once
Uvur haramavimaken, du famud, es! — The tide is about to turn; cook the sago at once!
enough

References

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈes/, [ˈes]

Etymology 1

From Latin est, from Proto-Italic *est, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti. Cognate with Sanskrit अस्ति (ásti), English is.

Verb

Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of ser.
Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of ser; (he/she/it/one) is

Etymology 2

Noun

plural of e

Tocharian A

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian *ānse, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓms-o-s, a form of *h₂ṓms. Compare Tocharian B āntse.

Noun

shoulder
bough, limb (of a tree)
branch of a particular matter

Welsh

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /eːs/

Verb

(colloquial) first-person singular preterite of mynd

Synonyms

euthum (literary)

Source: wiktionary.org

the letter S.
(source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)

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es

Translingual

Symbol

Etymology 1

Noun

Etymology 2

Noun

Usage notes

Etymology 3

Verb

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology

Noun

Alemannic German

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Article

Declension

Etymology 2

Pronoun

Declension

Aragonese

Pronoun

Synonyms

Arin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Noun

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Verb

Related terms

See also

Assan

Alternative forms

Etymology

Noun

Synonyms

Bavarian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Pronoun

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Pronoun

Declension

Usage notes

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Article

Usage notes

Etymology 3

Noun

Further reading

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronoun

Inflection

References

Czech

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

See also

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

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