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4-letter words (4 found)

ESES,ESSE,SEES,SESE,

3-letter words (2 found)

ESS,SEE,

2-letter words (2 found)

EE,ES,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

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Definitions and meaning of esse

esse

English

Etymology

From Latin esse.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛsi/

Noun

esse (plural esses)

  1. Essence, essential nature.

Related terms

References

  • James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Esse”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume III (D–E), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 294.

Afrikaans

Noun

esse

  1. plural of es

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈe.sə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈe.se]

Noun

esse f (plural esses) (Valencia)

  1. alternative form of essa

Further reading

  • “esse” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

  • äße (most dialects)
  • eaße (parts of Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

From Middle High German ezzen, from Old High German ezzan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛsə/

Verb

esse (third-person singular present iss or itt, preterite oß, past participle jesse or jejesse)

  1. (Kölsch, nothernmost Ripuarian) to eat

Usage notes

  • The second and third persons du itts, hä itt are attested for the formerly Low Franconian areas around Düsseldorf. These forms might now be obsolete.

Corsican

Alternative forms

  • essa (Ultramontane)

Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin essere, from Inherited from Latin esse. Compare Italian essere, French être.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈes.sɛ/
  • Hyphenation: es‧se

Verb

esse (Cismontane)

  1. (copulative) to be
  2. (intransitive) to be (to exist)
  3. (intransitive) to be (to occupy a place)
  4. (auxiliary, + past participle) Forms the passive voice; to be
  5. (auxiliary, + past participle) Forms the perfect aspect of some verbs; to have

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Gallurese: esse, essi

References

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

French

Pronunciation

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

Noun

esse m (plural esses)

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

Further reading

  • “esse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Gallurese

Alternative forms

  • essi

Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin essere, from Latin esse.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛs.se/

Verb

esse

  1. (auxiliary) to be

Conjugation

German

Pronunciation

Verb

esse

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

Hunsrik

Alternative forms

  • ëse (Wiesemann spelling system)

Etymology

From Middle High German ezzen, from Old High German ezzan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈesə/
  • Rhymes: -esə
  • Syllabification: es‧se
  • Homophone: Esse

Verb

esse

  1. to eat

Inflection

Derived terms

  • mitesse

Further reading

  • Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Ingrian

Etymology

From estää (“to prevent”) +‎ -e. Akin to Finnish este.

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈesːe/, [ˈe̞s̠ː]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈesːe/, [ˈe̞ʃːe̞]
  • Rhymes: -esː, -esːe
  • Hyphenation: es‧se

Noun

esse

  1. obstacle

Declension

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 36

Italian

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛs.se/
  • Rhymes: -ɛsse
  • Hyphenation: ès‧se

Noun

esse f or m (invariable)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter S/s.; ess
Derived terms
  • esse lunga
See also
  • (Latin-script letter names) lettera; a, bi, ci, di, e, effe, gi, acca, i, gei / i lunga, cappa, elle, emme, enne, o, pi, cu, erre, esse, ti, u, vu / vi, doppia vu, ics, ipsilon / i greca, zeta

Etymology 2

From Latin ipsae, from ipse.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈes.se/
  • Rhymes: -esse
  • Hyphenation: és‧se

Pronoun

esse f pl

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

See also

Anagrams

  • sese

Latin

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɛs.sɛ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛs.se]

Verb

esse

  1. present active infinitive of sum

Noun

esse m (indeclinable) (Medieval Latin)

  1. state, condition

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈeːs.sɛ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛs.se]

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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • essi
  • eissi

Pronoun

esse

  1. third-person singular feminine of as

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German ezzen, from Old High German ezzan, from Proto-West Germanic *etan. Compare German essen, Dutch eten, English eat, Swedish äta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛsə/

Verb

esse

  1. to eat

Conjugation

Piedmontese

Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin essere, from Latin esse.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈese/

Verb

esse

  1. to be

Conjugation

Portuguese

Etymology 1

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

    Alternative forms

    • êsse (pre-reform spelling)

    Pronunciation

    • Hyphenation: es‧se

    Determiner

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

    2. that (near you)
    4. (Brazil, colloquial) this (near me)
      Synonym: este

    Pronoun

    esse (feminine essa, masculine plural esses, feminine plural essas, neuter isso) (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.

    Derived terms
    • fazer esse

    See also

    Etymology 2

      Pronunciation

      • Hyphenation: es‧se

      Noun

      esse m (plural esses)

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

      For quotations using this term, see Citations:esse.

      See also

      • (Latin-script letter names) letra; á, bê, cê, dê, é, efe / fê, gê / guê, agá, i, jota, cá / capa, ele / lê, eme / mê, ene / nê, ó, pê, quê, erre / rê, esse, tê, u, vê, dáblio / dâblio / duplo vê, xis, ípsilon / i grego, zê

      Swedish

      Noun

      esse n

      1. only used in vara i sitt esse

      References

      • esse in Svensk ordbok (SO)
      • esse in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

      Tatar

      Adjective

      esse

      1. hot

      Walloon

      Etymology

      Inherited from Old French estre, from Early Medieval Latin essere, from Latin esse. Some conjugations reflect Latin stāre (“stand”).

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ɛs/
      • Homophones: èç, ès

      Verb

      esse

      1. to be
        Synonym: sey

      Conjugation

      Noun

      esse m (plural esses)

      1. The name of the Latin-script letter S/s.
      2. Something shaped like the letter S.

      Source: wiktionary.org