Esse in Scrabble Dictionary

Valid words made from Esse

You can make 9 words from 'esse' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

• 4 letters words from 'esse'
• 3 letters words from 'esse'
• 2 letters words from 'esse'

4 letters words from 'esse'

ESES 4	ESSE 4
SEES 4	SESE 4

3 letters words from 'esse'

ESS 3

SEE 3

2 letters words from 'esse'

EE 2

ES 2

Definitions and meaning of esse

esse

Afrikaans

Noun

esse

1. plural of es

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Corsican

Alternative forms

• essa

Etymology

From Latin esse, from Proto-Italic *ezom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti. Cognates include Italian essere and French être.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈesːe/
• Hyphenation: es‧se

Verb

esse

1. (copulative) to be
2. (intransitive) to be (to exist)
3. (intransitive) to be (to occupy a place)

Conjugation

References

• “esse, essa” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛs/
• Homophones: ace, aces, ès, esses

Noun

esse m (plural esses)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter S.

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German

Pronunciation

Verb

esse

1. inflection of essen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. first/third-person singular present subjunctive

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Hunsrik

Alternative forms

• ëse (Wiesemann spelling system)

Etymology

From Middle High German ezzen, from Old High German ezzan, from Proto-Germanic *etaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈesə/

Verb

esse

1. to eat

Inflection

Derived terms

• mitesse

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

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Ingrian

Etymology

From essyttää (“to hold back”) +‎ -e. Akin to Finnish este.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈesːe/

Noun

esse (genitive estiin, partitive essetä)

1. obstacle

Declension

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 36
• Vitalij Chernyavskij (2005) Ižoran keel (Ittseopastaja)‎^[1], page 97

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Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin es (the name of the letter S).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛs.se/, [ˈɛs̪ːe]
• Rhymes: -ɛsse
• Hyphenation: ès‧se

Noun

esse f or m (invariable)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter S.; ess

Derived terms

• esse lunga

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) lettera; a, bi, ci, di, e, effe, gi, acca, i, i lunga, cappa, elle, emme, enne, o, pi, cu, erre, esse, ti, u, vu, doppia vu, ics, ipsilon, zeta

Etymology 2

From Latin ipsae, from ipse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈes.se/, [ˈes̪ːe]
• Rhymes: -esse
• Hyphenation: és‧se

Pronoun

esse f pl

1. plural of essa; they, them (female)

   Synonym: loro

See also

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Latin

Etymology 1

Form of the verb sum (“[I] am; [I] exist”); from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésmi (“I am, I exist”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈes.se/, [ˈɛs̠ːɛ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈes.se/, [ˈɛsːɛ]

Verb

esse

1. present infinitive of sum

Noun

esse m (indeclinable)

1. (Medieval Latin) state, condition

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈeːs.se/, [ˈeːs̠ːɛ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈes.se/, [ˈɛsːɛ]

Verb

ēsse

1. present active infinitive of edō

References

• esse in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• esse in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

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Neapolitan

Etymology

From Latin sum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛssɐ/

Verb

esse

1. to be

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Old Irish

Alternative forms

• essi
• eissi

Pronoun

esse

1. third-person singular feminine of as

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Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German essen, Dutch eten, English eat, Swedish äta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛsə/

Verb

esse

1. to eat

Conjugation

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Piedmontese

Etymology

From Latin sum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ese/

Verb

esse

1. to be

Conjugation

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Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese esse, from Latin ipse (“himself”).

Alternative forms

• êsse (superseded)

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈe.sɨ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈe.si/, [ˈe.s̻ɪ]
  • (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈe.se/
• Hyphenation: es‧se

Determiner

esse m (feminine essa, plural esses, feminine plural essas)

2. that (near you)

4. (Brazil) this (near me)

Pronoun

'esse m (feminine essa neuter isso, plural esses, feminine plural essas)

(definite demonstrative pronoun)

2. that, that one (near you)
4. that (that one); this (this one) (indicates something already mentioned or understood from context)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:esse.

Synonyms

• (near me): este

See also

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.sɨ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.si/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.se/

Noun

esse m (plural esses)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter S.
2. something shaped like the letter S

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:esse.

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Sardinian

Alternative forms

• essi

Etymology

From Latin esse, present infinitive of sum (“I am”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛs.se/

Verb

esse

1. (Gallurese, auxiliary) to be

Conjugation

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Tatar

Adjective

esse

1. hot

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Walloon

Etymology

From Old French estre, from Latin sum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛs/

Verb

esse

1. to be

Conjugation

Source: wiktionary.org

• (Latin) actual existence, essence.
  (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)

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