essee
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Estonian
Etymology
From French essai (“try, attempt”), ultimately from Late Latin exagium (“weighing”).
Pronunciation
Noun
essee (genitive essee, partitive esseed)
- essay (written composition of moderate length)
Declension
| Declension of essee (ÕS type 26i/idee, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | essee | esseed | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | essee | ||
| genitive | esseede | ||
| partitive | esseed | esseid esseesid | |
| illative | esseesse | esseedesse esseisse | |
| inessive | essees | esseedes esseis | |
| elative | esseest | esseedest esseist | |
| allative | esseele | esseedele esseile | |
| adessive | esseel | esseedel esseil | |
| ablative | esseelt | esseedelt esseilt | |
| translative | esseeks | esseedeks esseiks | |
| terminative | esseeni | esseedeni | |
| essive | esseena | esseedena | |
| abessive | esseeta | esseedeta | |
| comitative | esseega | esseedega | |
Derived terms
Compounds
References
- essee in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
- “essee”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
Finnish
Etymology
From Swedish essä, itself from French essai.
Pronunciation
Noun
essee
- essay (written composition of moderate length)
- essee historiasta ― an essay on history
- Synonym of aine (“essay written as part of schoolwork”)
Declension
| Inflection of essee (Kotus type 20/filee, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | essee | esseet | |
| genitive | esseen | esseiden esseitten | |
| partitive | esseetä | esseitä | |
| illative | esseehen esseeseen |
esseihin esseisiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | essee | esseet | |
| accusative | nom. | essee | esseet |
| gen. | esseen | ||
| genitive | esseen | esseiden esseitten | |
| partitive | esseetä | esseitä | |
| inessive | esseessä | esseissä | |
| elative | esseestä | esseistä | |
| illative | esseehen esseeseen |
esseihin esseisiin | |
| adessive | esseellä | esseillä | |
| ablative | esseeltä | esseiltä | |
| allative | esseelle | esseille | |
| essive | esseenä | esseinä | |
| translative | esseeksi | esseiksi | |
| abessive | esseettä | esseittä | |
| instructive | — | essein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
compounds
Further reading
- “essee”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02