ess

== Translingual == === Etymology === Abbreviation of English Central Siberian Yupik with s as a placeholder. === Symbol === ess (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Central Siberian Yupik. === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of Central Siberian Yupik terms == English == === Pronunciation === enPR: ĕs, IPA(key): /ˈɛs/ Rhymes: -ɛs === Etymology 1 === ==== Alternative forms ==== es ==== Noun ==== ess (plural esses) The name of the Latin script letter S/s. 1998, Ricardo Corona, "These Esses" ("Eses esses"), in Other Shores (Outras Praias), translated by Ricardo Corona & Charles Perrone these esses / change in design / and senses themselves / $ // it's as if / the ess / were the sounds / of success Something shaped like the letter S. (See esses) ===== Usage notes ===== Compounds are normally spelled es: es-hook, es-link, etc. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== (Latin-script letter names) letter; a, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, gee, aitch, i, jay, kay, el, em, en, o, pee, cue, ar, ess, tee, u, vee, double-u, ex, wye, zee / zed ==== Verb ==== ess (third-person singular simple present esses, present participle essing, simple past and past participle essed) To move in a changing direction, forming the shape of a letter S. ===== Hypernyms ===== wind ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Particle ==== ess (Cornwall, dialect) Yes. 1951, John William Robertson Scott, The Countryman (page 64) Overheard in Cornwall: 'Oh, ess, diden' ee know I gived up keepin' ducks? They wus allus comin' 'ome lost'. === Anagrams === SEs, SSE, ses, SES, -ses == Cimbrian == === Etymology === From Middle High German esche, asche, from Old High German asc, from Proto-Germanic *askaz (“ash tree”). Cognate with German Esche, English ash. === Noun === ess m (plural ésse) (Sette Comuni) ash (tree) ==== Declension ==== === References === “ess” 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 == Estonian == === Etymology 1 === Euphemistic abbreviation of sitt or sõnnik, ultimately same as Etymology 2. ==== Noun ==== ess (genitive essu, partitive essu) (colloquial, euphemistic) crap, shit, faeces (colloquial, euphemistic) dung, manure ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === Ultimately from Latin es. ==== Noun ==== ess (genitive essi, partitive essi) The name of the Latin script letter S/s. ===== Declension ===== === Further reading === ess in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut) “ess”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009 == Faroese == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== ess n (genitive singular ess, plural ess) The name of the Latin script letter S/s. ===== Declension ===== ==== See also ==== (Latin-script letter names) bókstavur; a / fyrra a, á, be, de, edd, e, eff, ge, há, i / fyrra i, í / fyrra í, jodd, ká, ell, emm, enn, o, ó, pe, err, ess, te, u, ú, ve, seinna i, seinna í, seinna a, ø === Etymology 2 === From Danish es, from Middle Low German es, from Old French as, from Latin as. ==== Noun ==== ess n (genitive singular ess, plural ess) (card games) ace ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== ess n (genitive singular ess, plural ess) (music) E-flat ===== Declension ===== == German == === Verb === ess (colloquial) first-person singular present of essen Synonym: (standard) esse (colloquial) singular imperative of essen Synonym: (standard) iss == Hungarian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɛʃː] Hyphenation: ess Rhymes: -ɛʃː === Etymology 1 === esik +‎ -j ==== Alternative forms ==== essél ==== Verb ==== ess second-person singular subjunctive present indefinite of esik === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== ess The name of the Latin script letter S/s. ===== Declension ===== ==== See also ==== (Latin-script letter names) betű; a, á, bé, cé, csé, dé, dzé, dzsé, e, é, eff, gé, gyé, há, i, í, jé, ká, ell, ellipszilon / elly / ejj, emm, enn, enny, o, ó, ö, ő, pé, kú, err, ess, essz, té, tyé, u, ú, ü, ű, vé, dupla vé / vevé, iksz, ipszilon, zé, zsé. (See also: Latin script letters.) === Further reading === ess in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN. == Icelandic == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛsː/ Rhymes: -ɛsː === Noun === ess n (genitive singular ess, nominative plural ess) The name of the Latin script letter S/s. (music) bocal (on a bassoon) (poetic) horse ==== Declension ==== ==== See also ==== í essinu sínu (“in one's element”) == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Latin as, via Middle Low German es. === Noun === ess n (definite singular esset, indefinite plural ess, definite plural essa or essene) an ace (playing card; or someone very proficient) === References === “ess” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology 1 === From Latin as, via Middle Low German es. ==== Noun ==== ess n (definite singular esset, indefinite plural ess, definite plural essa) (card games) an ace (idiomatic) a high-performing athlete ===== Usage notes ===== Prior to a revision in 2019, this noun was also considered grammatically masculine. The forms essen, essar, and essane were then made obsolete. === Etymology 2 === ==== Alternative forms ==== Ess (alternative capitalization) ==== Noun ==== ess m (definite singular essen, indefinite plural essar, definite plural essane) (music) E-flat === References === “ess” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. === Anagrams === -ess, ses == Old Irish == === Noun === ess alternative form of es (“cataract, rapid”) m alternative form of es (“vessel”) n alternative form of es (“death”) alternative form of es (“ox”) === Mutation === == Penobscot == === Etymology === From Proto-Algonquian *e·hsa (“shell; mollusk”). Cognate with Unami èhës. === Noun === ess anim (plural èssak, possessed wətéssomal) clam, bivalve, mussel, bivalve shell == Swedish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛsː/ Rhymes: -ɛsː Homophone: S === Etymology 1 === ==== Alternative forms ==== äss ==== Noun ==== ess n ace; a card with one mark ace; someone very proficient ===== Declension ===== ===== See also ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== ess n (music) E-flat; the note E♭ ===== Declension ===== ===== Related terms ===== eiss === Anagrams === ses == Võro == === Noun === ess (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide]) The name of the Latin script letter S/s. ==== Inflection ==== This noun needs an inflection-table template. == Yola == === Etymology === From Middle English asse, from Old English assa. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛs/ === Noun === ess ass (donkey) === References === Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 38