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Galician
Etymology
First attested in the 15th century. Learned borrowing from Latin essentia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (standard) /ɛˈsɛnθja/
- IPA(key): (seseo) /ɛˈsɛnsja/
- IPA(key): (standard) /ɛˈsenθja/
- IPA(key): (seseo) /ɛˈsensja/
Noun
esencia f (plural esencias)
- essence
1414, Clarinda de A. Maia, editor, História do galego-português, Coimbra: I.N.I.C, page 99:Deus Padre et Fillo et Spiritu Santo, treſ perſonas en hũa eſſençia deujnal- God, Father and Son and Holy Ghost, three persons in a single divine essence
References
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “essenç”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “esencia”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “esencia”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Slovak
Pronunciation
Noun
esencia f (genitive singular esencie, nominative plural esencie, genitive plural esencií, declension pattern of ulica)
- essence
Declension
Further reading
- “esencia”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin essentia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /eˈsenθja/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /eˈsensja/
- Rhymes: -enθja
- Rhymes: -ensja
- Syllabification: e‧sen‧cia
Noun
esencia f (plural esencias)
- essence
- gist
Further reading