ese

English

Etymology 1

From Mexican Spanish ése (“dude”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɛˌseɪ/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɛseɪ
• Homophone: essay

Noun

ese (plural eses)

1. (US) dude, man. (Usually used vocatively).

Etymology 2

Cf. ease.

Noun

ese (plural eses)

1. Obsolete spelling of ease

References

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

Anagrams

• SEE, See, ees, see

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /es̺e/,

Noun

ese inan

1. The name of the Latin-script letter S.

Declension

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) a, be, ze, de, e, efe, ge, hatxe, i, jota, ka, ele, eme, ene, eñe, o, pe, ku, erre, ese, te, u, uve, uve bikoitz, ixa, i greko, zeta

Chuukese

Etymology

e- +‎ -se

Pronoun

ese

1. he, she, it does not

Adjective

ese

1. he, she, it is not
2. he, she, it was not

Related terms

Estonian

Etymology

Allegedly coined ex nihilo by Johannes Aavik in the 20th century, but compare Finnish esine.

Noun

ese (genitive eseme, partitive eset)

1. object, thing, item

Declension

See also

• asi
• objekt

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese , from Latin .

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈesɪ/

• Audio

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Determiner

ese m (feminine singular esa, masculine plural eses, feminine plural esas, neuter iso)

1. that

Further reading

• “ese” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Karitiâna

Noun

ese

1. water

References

• Number and the mass/count distinction in Karitiana

Latin

Participle

ēse

1. vocative masculine singular of ēsus

Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French aise, eise.

Alternative forms

• eyse, eise, ase, ayse, aise, yese

Noun

ese

1. Physical comfort, or that which is conducive thereto.
2. Material prosperity; profit.
3. Good health.
4. Spiritual comfort; equanimity, tranquility.
   • 1370-90, William Langland, Piers Plowman

     For if hevene be on this erthe, and ese to any soule,
     It is in cloistre or in scole.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

5. Enjoyment, pleasure, delight.
6. Ease, facility.
7. The opportunity by which something is possible; means, ability.
   • c. 1225, “Feorðe dale: fondunges”, in Ancrene Ƿiſſe (MS. Corpus Christi 402)‎, Herefordshire, published c. 1235, folio 78, verso; republished at Cambridge: Parker Library on the Web, 2018 January:

     […] hƿen þe delit i þe luſt iſ igan ſe ouerforð · þet ter nere nan ƿiðſeggunge ȝef þer ƿere eiſe to fulle þe dede ·

     when the delight taken in the craving has gone so far that there will be no denying it if there's any way whatsoever to do it.

8. The mitigation or alleviation of discomfort, burden or suffering.
9. (law) The right to utilize the property of a neighbour for certain ends; easement.

Synonyms

• (comfort): esynesse
• (ease): facilite

Descendants

• English: ease

References

• “ese, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 6 August 2018.

Etymology 2

Adjective

ese

1. Alternative form of eise

Northern Paiute

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /isi/ or IPA^(key): /iʃi/

Noun

ese

1. light brown-gray

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• esa (a-infinitive)
• (non-standard since 2012) æsa, æse

Etymology

From Germanic, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *yes- (“to well, seethe, foam, ferment”). Compare Icelandic æsa, from Proto-Germanic *jōsijaną.

Verb

ese (present tense esar, past tense esa, past participle esa, passive infinitive esast, present participle esande, imperative ese/es)

1. (intransitive) to swell, seethe, ferment
2. (intransitive, by extension) to grow larger
3. (impersonal) to devolve, be stirred, riled up

   Synonym: ulme

Derived terms

• (with particle): ese opp; ese ut

Related terms

• ase
• jest, jester

References

• “ese” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeː.se/,

Noun

ēse

1. dative singular of ōs

Pohnpeian

Verb

ese

1. (transitive) to know

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈese/
• Rhymes: -ese
• Syllabification: e‧se

Etymology 1

Noun

ese f (plural eses)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter S.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin ipse.

Determiner

ese m sg (plural esos, feminine esa, feminine plural esas)

1. (demonstrative) that

   Synonym: (poetic or archaic) aquese

Interjection

ese

1. (Mexico, informal) hello

Pronoun

ese m (feminine esa, neuter eso, masculine plural esos, feminine plural esas, neuter plural esos)

1. (demonstrative) Alternative spelling of ése

Usage notes

• The unaccented form can function as a pronoun if it can be unambiguously deduced as such from context.

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

• “ese”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish ese, the Spanish name of the letter S/s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔese/,
• Hyphenation: e‧se

Noun

ese (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐᜒ)

1. (historical) The name of the Latin-script letter S/s, in the Abecedario.

   Synonyms: (in the Filipino alphabet) es, (in the Abakada alphabet) sa

Further reading

• “ese”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ē.sé/

Noun

esé

1. (rare) hippopotamus

   Synonym: erinmi

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /è.sē/

Noun

èse

1. (rare) cat

   Synonyms: ológbò, ológìní, músù

   irọ́ ni, ẹ̀yìn èse kì í kanlẹ̀ ― It is impossible, a cat can never land on its back

Etymology 3

From è- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ sè (“To dye, to paint”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /è.sè/

Noun

èsè

1. dye; (in particular) purple dye

   ó sè é ní èsè ― She dyed it purple

Derived terms

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /è.sè/

Noun

èsè

1. provision

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ē.sè/

Noun

esè

1. (rare) shea butter

   Synonym: òrí

Etymology 6

 dioscorea cayenensis on Wikipedia

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /è.sè/

Noun

èsè

1. (Ijebu) yellow yam, dioscorea cayenensis

   Synonym: àgọ́ndọ̀n-ọ́n (Ìjẹ̀bú)

2. (Ijebu, by extension) yellow