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English

Etymology

From Latin esse.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛsi/
  • (file)

Noun

esse (plural esses)

  1. Essence, essential nature.
    • 1788, Emanuel Swedenborg, The Wisdom of Angels Concerning Divine Love and Divine Wisdom, London: W. Chalklen, page 136:
      Hence it is that the Univerſe, which was created from his Eſſe, and which regarded as to Uſes is his Image, obtained theſe three in all and ſingular the Things appertaining to it.
    • 1801, Emanuel Swedenborg, Arcana Cœlestia: or, Heavenly Mysteries Contained in the Sacred Scriptures, or Word of the Lord, Manifested and Laid Open, volume X, London: J. Hodson, page 482:
      [] that is his proprium, since the esse of the life of man is his will;
    • 1824–68, A[braham] J[ones] Le Cras, The Theological Contrast: or, Error Exposed, and Truth Elucidated, Being an Investigation into All the Systems of Religion, Now Propagated in the Whole World, London: Thomas Goyder, pages 95–97:
      In like manner Christians treading closely on the heels of Jews, notwithstanding all the divine miracles, which accompanied their first establishment, iu order to call them from the Deistical worship of a supreme esse, extended through all space, and to fix them in the exclusive acknowledgement of the one God in a divine human form, are equally guilty of idolatry, in worshipping Gods or persons, that have no real existence.
    • 1961, Gerard Smith, Lottie H. Kendzierski, Philosophy of Being, The Macmillan Company, page 339:
      Essence is a being by an esse which the essence is. Substance is a being by an esse which the substance is. Ens is a being by an esse which the ens is.
    • 2015, Christopher Hughes, Aquinas on Being, Goodness, and God, Routledge, page 62:
      Agreed, if there are as many esses in an individual as there are forms in that individual, then a plurality of substantial forms in an individual implies a plurality of substantial esses in that individual, just as a plurality of accidental forms in an individual implies a plurality of accidental esses in that individual.

Related terms

References

Afrikaans

Noun

esse

  1. plural of es

Catalan

Pronunciation

Noun

esse f (plural esses) (Valencian)

  1. Alternative form of essa

Further reading

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

  • äße (most dialects)
  • eaße (parts of Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

From Middle High German ezzen, from Old High German ezzan.

Pronunciation

Verb

esse (third-person singular present iss or itt, preterite , past participle jesse or jejesse)

  1. (Kölsch, nothernmost Ripuarian) to eat

Usage notes

Corsican

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin essere, from Inherited from Latin esse. Compare Italian essere, French être.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈes.sɛ/
  • Hyphenation: es‧se

Verb

esse (Cismontane)

  1. (copulative) to be
  2. (intransitive) to be (to exist)
  3. (intransitive) to be (to occupy a place)
  4. (auxiliary, + past participle) Forms the passive voice; to be
  5. (auxiliary, + past participle) Forms the perfect aspect of some verbs; to have

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Gallurese: esse, essi

References

  • esse, essa” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

French

Pronunciation

Noun

esse m (plural esses)

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

Further reading

Gallurese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin essere, from Latin esse.

Pronunciation

Verb

esse

  1. (auxiliary) to be

Conjugation

German

Pronunciation

Verb

esse

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

Hunsrik

Alternative forms

  • ëse (Wiesemann spelling system)

Etymology

From Middle High German ezzen, from Old High German ezzan.

Pronunciation

Verb

esse

  1. to eat
    Ich esse keen Fleisch.
    I don't eat meat.
    Heit esse-mer Fisch.
    Today we eat fish.

Inflection

Derived terms

Further reading

Ingrian

Etymology

From estää (to prevent) +‎ -e. Akin to Finnish este.

Pronunciation

Noun

esse

  1. obstacle

Declension

Declension of esse (type 6/lähe, st-ss gradation)
singular plural
nominative esse esteet
genitive esteen estein
partitive essettä esteitä
illative esteesse esteisse
inessive estees esteis
elative esteest esteist
allative esteelle esteille
adessive esteel esteil
ablative esteelt esteilt
translative esteeks esteiks
essive esteennä, esteen esteinnä, estein
exessive1) esteent esteint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 36

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin es (the name of the letter S).

Pronunciation

Noun

esse f or m (invariable)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter S.; ess
Derived terms
See also

Etymology 2

From Latin ipsae, from ipse.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈes.se/
  • Rhymes: -esse
  • Hyphenation: és‧se

Pronoun

esse f pl

  1. plural of essa; they, them (female)
    Synonym: loro

See also

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

esse

  1. present active infinitive of sum

Noun

esse m (indeclinable) (Medieval Latin)

  1. state, condition

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

ēsse

  1. present active infinitive of edō

References

  • esse”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • esse in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Pronoun

esse

  1. third-person singular feminine of as

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German ezzen, from Old High German ezzan, from Proto-West Germanic *etan. Compare German essen, Dutch eten, English eat, Swedish äta.

Pronunciation

Verb

esse

  1. to eat

Conjugation

Piedmontese

Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin essere, from Latin esse.

Pronunciation

Verb

esse

  1. to be

Conjugation

infinitive esse
present gerundive essend
past participle stàit
Present indicative Past indicative Future indicative Present subjunctive Past subjunctive Past

Historic

Present Conditional
First-person singular i son i j'era i sarai i sia i fussa I fure i sarìa
Second-person singular it ses it j'ere it saras it sie it fusse it fùrës it sarìe
Third-person singular a l'é a l'era a sarà a sia a fussa fur a sarìa
First-person plural i soma i j'ero i saroma i sio i fusso furo i sarìo
Second-person plural i seve i j'ere i sareve i sie i fusse i fùrës i sarìe
Third-person plural a son a j'ero i saran a sio a fusso a furo a sarìo

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese esse, from Latin ipse (himself).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: es‧se
  • (file)

Determiner

esse (feminine essa, masculine plural esses, feminine plural essas)

  1. that (near you)
    Esse chapéu está limpo?
    Is that hat clean?
  2. (Brazil) this (near me)
    Esse livro é muito bom.
    This book is very good.

Pronoun

esse (feminine essa, masculine plural esses, feminine plural essas, neuter isso) (definite demonstrative pronoun)

  1. that, that one (near you)
  2. that (that one); this (this one) (indicates something already mentioned or understood from context)
    Esse é o segredo para vencer.
    This is the secret to winning.
Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:esse.

Derived terms

See also

Portuguese demonstratives (edit)
Pronouns Adverbs
Singular Plural Neuter
Masculine Feminine Masculine Feminine
Proximal X este esta estes estas isto aqui,
de + X deste desta destes destas disto daqui
em + X neste nesta nestes nestas nisto
Medial X esse essa esses essas isso
de + X desse dessa desses dessas disso daí
em + X nesse nessa nesses nessas nisso
Distal X aquele aquela aqueles aquelas aquilo ali, , acolá
de + X daquele daquela daqueles daquelas daquilo dali
em + X naquele naquela naqueles naquelas naquilo
a + X àquele àquela àqueles àquelas àquilo
Anaphoric X o a os as
de + X do da dos das
em + X no na nos nas
a + X ao à aos às

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: es‧se

Noun

esse m (plural esses)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter S.
  2. something shaped like the letter S
Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:esse.

Swedish

Noun

esse n

  1. Only used in vara i sitt esse

References

Tatar

Adjective

esse

  1. hot

Walloon

Etymology

From Old French estre, from Early Medieval Latin essere, from Latin esse.

Pronunciation

Verb

esse

  1. to be

Conjugation