asse

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æs/

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• Rhymes: -æs

Etymology 1

Noun

asse (plural asses)

1. Obsolete spelling of ass

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

asse (plural asses)

1. (rare) A Cape fox (Vulpes chama).
   • 1906, Praagh, L. V, The Transvaal and its mines : the encyclopedic history of the Transvaal‎:

     and the little Asse Fox (Canis chama).

   • 1910, Encyclopædia Britannica 1911 ed. Vol. 10‎, page 769:

     South of the Zambezi the group reappears in the shape of the asse-fox or fennec, (V. cama), a dark-coloured species, with a black tip to the long, bushy tail and reddish-brown ears.

   • 1973, West, Geoffrey P. (Geoffrey Philip), Rabies in animals & man‎, New York, Arco, →ISBN, →OCLC:

     Foxes involved include the long-eared Asse Fox or Cape Fox (Vulpes chania) and the bat-eared fox

References

References

• “asse”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• ESAs, Essa, SAEs, SASE, SSAE, Seas, ases, seas

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• assu, essen, ässe, ässä

Etymology

From Old High German ezzan, from Proto-Germanic *etaną. Cognate with German essen, Dutch eten, English eat, Swedish äta.

Verb

asse

1. (Carcoforo) to eat

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter , Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

asse m (plural asses)

1. a type of pickaxe used in tunneling

Further reading

• “asse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Ingrian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈɑsːe/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈɑsːe/,
• (Hevaha) IPA^(key): /ˈɑsːek/,
• Rhymes: -ɑsː, -ɑsːe
• Hyphenation: as‧se

Postposition

asse (+ illative or allative)

1. (of time) up to, until
2. (of distance or motion) all the way to

asse (+ elative or ablative)

1. (of time) ever since
2. (of distance or motion) all the way from

Synonyms

• saa, nasse, nas, nast, as, ast

Derived terms

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 21
• Arvo Laanest (1997) Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 21

Italian

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈas.se/
• Rhymes: -asse
• Hyphenation: às‧se

Etymology 1

From Latin axis, axem, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- (“axis”).

Noun

asse f (plural assi)

1. board (of wood)

   Synonyms: pancone, tavola

2. beam (gymnastic)

Etymology 2

From Latin assis, variant of axis.

Noun

asse m (plural assi)

1. axle
2. (mathematics, physics) axis
3. (anatomy) axis (vertebra)

   Synonym: epistrofeo

Derived terms

• assiale

Etymology 3

From Latin as.

Noun

asse f (plural assi)

1. (historical, Ancient Rome) as (any of several coins of Rome)

Anagrams

• -essa, essa

Latin

Noun

asse

1. ablative singular of as

Lule Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ësē.

Noun

asse

1. inner/meat-side of a skin

Inflection

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English assa.

Alternative forms

• as

Noun

asse (plural assen or asses)

1. ass, donkey

Descendants

• English: ass
• Yola: ess

References

• “asse, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Verb

asse

1. Alternative form of axen (“to ask”)

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• assa

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ad-sādo-syos.

Adjective

asse (comparative assu)

1. easy

Declension

Derived terms

• anse

Mutation

References

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 assa(e)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

asse

1. locative singular of assa
2. accusative plural of assa

Pite Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ësē.

Noun

asse

1. inner/meat-side of a skin

Inflection

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Portuguese

Verb

asse

1. inflection of assar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative