esencia

== Galician == === Alternative forms === essência (reintegrationist) === Etymology === First attested in the 15th century. Learned borrowing from Latin essentia. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: e‧sen‧cia === Noun === esencia f (plural esencias) essence === References === Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “esencia”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “esencia”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “esencia”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega == Slovak == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /esent͡sia/, [ˈesent͡sia] Rhymes: -ia Hyphenation: e‧sen‧ci‧a === Noun === esencia f (relational adjective esenciálny or esenciový or (dated) esencionálny) essence ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “esencia”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026 == Spanish == === Alternative forms === escencia (misspelling, hypercorrection) === Etymology === From Latin essentia. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /eˈsenθja/ [eˈsẽn̟.θja] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /eˈsensja/ [eˈsẽn.sja] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -enθja (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) Rhymes: -ensja (Latin America, Philippines) Syllabification: e‧sen‧cia === Noun === esencia f (plural esencias) essence Synonym: ser gist Synonym: quid ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “esencia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025