fesse

== English == === Noun === fesse (plural fesses) Alternative spelling of fess (“horizontal band in heraldry”). == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɛs/ Homophones: Fès, fèces === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Middle French fesse f, from Old French fesse f, from Vulgar Latin *fissa f (“split, cleft”), from Latin fissum n, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰidtós. Originally referred to the gluteal cleft. The verb fesser and its derivatives are etymologically unrelated and converged toward fesse in both form and sense through assimilation. ==== Noun ==== fesse f (plural fesses) buttock ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Mauritian Creole: fes === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== fesse inflection of fesser: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “fesse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Etymology 1 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈfes.se/ Rhymes: -esse Hyphenation: fés‧se ==== Participle ==== fesse f pl feminine plural of fesso (“split, having split”) ==== Adjective ==== fesse f feminine plural of fesso (“ruptured, cracked; wounded”) ==== Noun ==== fesse plural of fessa (“pussy; crack, chink”) === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈfes.se/ Rhymes: -esse Hyphenation: fés‧se ==== Noun ==== fesse plural of fessa (“female twit, female idiot”) ==== Adjective ==== fesse f feminine plural of fesso (“silly, idiotic”) === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈfɛs.se/ Rhymes: -ɛsse Hyphenation: fès‧se ==== Adjective ==== fesse f feminine plural of fesso (“tired”) == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfɛs.sɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfɛs.se] === Adjective === fesse vocative masculine singular of fessus == Middle French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French fesse f, from Vulgar Latin *fissa, from Latin fissum. === Pronunciation === === Noun === fesse f (plural fesses) buttock (Can we add an example for this sense?) ==== Descendants ==== French: fesse f === References === “fesse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Old French == === Etymology === Inherited from Vulgar Latin *fissa f (first attested ca. 1200), from Latin fissum n. === Pronunciation === === Noun === fesse oblique singular, f (oblique plural fesses, nominative singular fesse, nominative plural fesses) buttock (Can we add an example for this sense?) ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: fesse fFrench: fesse f === References === “fesse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012