esse

== English == === Etymology === From Latin esse. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛsi/ === Noun === esse (plural esses) 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 plural of es == Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈe.sə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈe.se] === Noun === esse f (plural esses) (Valencia) 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) (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) (copulative) to be (intransitive) to be (to exist) (intransitive) to be (to occupy a place) (auxiliary, + past participle) Forms the passive voice; to be (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) 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 (auxiliary) to be ==== Conjugation ==== == German == === Pronunciation === === Verb === esse inflection of essen: first-person singular present 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 to eat ==== Inflection ==== ==== Derived terms ==== mitesse === Further reading === Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “esse”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch == 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 obstacle ==== Declension ==== === References === Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 36 == Interlingua == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈe.se/, /ˈes.se/ === Verb === esse present of esser Synonym: es imperative of esser Synonym: sia == 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) 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 plural of ella and 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 present active infinitive of sum ==== Noun ==== esse m (indeclinable) (Medieval Latin) state, condition === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈeːs.sɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛs.se] ==== Verb ==== ēsse present active infinitive of edō ==== Participle ==== ēsse vocative masculine singular of ēssus === References === “esse”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "esse", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) == Middle English == === Verb === esse (Gloucestershire) alternative form of asken (“to ask”) == Neapolitan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈessə/ Homophone: éssa === Pronoun === ésse plural of éssa (“she”) ==== Coordinate terms ==== == Old Irish == === Pronoun === esse alternative form of essi: third-person singular feminine of a == 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 to eat ==== Conjugation ==== == Piedmontese == === Etymology === Inherited from Early Medieval Latin essere, from Latin esse. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈese/ === Verb === esse 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) that (near you) (Brazil, colloquial) this (near me) Synonym: este ==== Pronoun ==== esse (feminine essa, masculine plural esses, feminine plural essas, neuter isso) (definite demonstrative pronoun) that, that one (near you) that (that one); this (this one) (indicates something already mentioned or understood from context) ===== Derived terms ===== fazer esse ==== See also ==== === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronunciation ==== Hyphenation: es‧se ==== Noun ==== esse m (plural esses) The name of the Latin script letter S/s. something shaped like the letter S ==== See also ==== (Latin-script letter names) letra; á, bê, cê, dê, é, efe, gê / guê, agá, i, jota, cá / capa, ele, eme, ene, ó, pê, quê, erre, esse, tê, u, vê, dáblio, xis, ípsilon, zê === Further reading === “esse”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “esse”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Swedish == === Noun === esse n only used in vara i sitt esse === References === “esse”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “esse”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) == Tatar == === Adjective === esse 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 to be Synonym: sey ==== Conjugation ==== === Noun === esse m (plural esses) The name of the Latin script letter S/s. Something shaped like the letter S.