essencial

== Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin essentiālis, from esse (“to be”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.sən.siˈal] IPA(key): (Valencia) [e.sen.siˈal] Rhymes: -al === Adjective === essencial m or f (masculine and feminine plural essencials) essential (of great importance) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== essència === Further reading === “essencial”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “essencial”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “essencial” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. “essencial” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Late Latin essentiālis, from Latin essentia (“being, essence”). By surface analysis, essência +‎ -al. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -al, -aw Hyphenation: es‧sen‧ci‧al === Adjective === essencial m or f (plural essenciais) essential important main, principal fundamental ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== essência === Further reading === “essencial”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “essencial”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026