esse

Etymology

From Latin esse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛsi/

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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^[sic] 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.

References

• James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Esse”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume III (D–E), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 294.

Noun

esse

1. plural of es

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈe.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈe.se]

Noun

esse f (plural esses) (Valencia)

1. Alternative form of essa

Further reading

• “esse” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛsə/

Verb

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

1. (Kölsch, nothernmost Ripuarian) to eat

Alternative forms

• essa (Ultramontane)

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

More information infinitive, present participle ...

infinitive			esse
present participle			issendu
past participle			statu
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		eiu	tù	ellu/ella	noi	voi	elli/elle
	present	sò	sì	hè, ghjè	simu	site	sò
	imperfect	era	eri	era	eramu	erate	eranu
	simple past	fubbi, fui	fusti	fubbe, fù	fubbimu, fuimu	fuste	fubbenu
	future	seraghju	serai, serè	serà	seremu	serete	seranu
	conditional	seria, serebbi	serii, seresti, seristi	seria, serebbe	seriamu, serebbimu	seriate, sereste, seriste	serianu, serebbenu
subjunctive		eiu	tù	ellu/ella	noi	voi	elli/elle
	present	sia	sia	sia	siamu	siate	sianu
	imperfect	fussi	fussi	fussi	fussimu	fussite	fussinu
imperative		–	tù	–	noi	voi	–
		—	sia	—	siamu	siate	—

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    Cismontane conjugation of esse (highly irregular, suppletive)

References

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛs/

• Audio:

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• Homophones: ace, aces, ès, esses

Noun

esse m (plural esses)

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

Further reading

• “esse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Alternative forms

• essi

Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin essere, from Latin esse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛs.se/

Verb

esse

1. (auxiliary) to be

Pronunciation

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Verb

esse

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

Alternative forms

• ëse (Wiesemann spelling system)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈesə/
• Rhymes: -esə
• Syllabification: es‧se
• Homophone: Esse

Verb

esse

1. to eat

   Ich esse keen Fleisch.

   I don't eat meat.

   Heit esse-mer Fisch.

   Today we eat fish.

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈesːe/, [ˈe̞s̠ː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈesːe/, [ˈe̞ʃːe̞]
• Rhymes: -esː, -esːe
• Hyphenation: es‧se

Noun

esse

1. obstacle

References

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

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

From Latin ipsae, from ipse.

Anagrams

• sese

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

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)

Alternative forms

• essi
• eissi

Pronoun

esse

1. third-person singular feminine of as

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛsə/

Verb

esse

1. to eat

Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin essere, from Latin esse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈese/

Verb

esse

1. to be

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

Noun

esse n

1. Only used in vara i sitt esse

References

• esse in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• esse in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Adjective

esse

1. hot

Etymology

Inherited from Old French estre, from Early Medieval Latin essere, from Latin esse. Some conjugations reflect Latin stāre (“stand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛs/
• Homophones: èç, ès

Verb

esse

1. to be

   Synonym: sey

Conjugation

More information infinitive, gerund ...

infinitive			esse (or iesse) / sey
gerund			estant
auxiliary			aveur
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		sti		—
		plural		—		—
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		dji (dj')	ti (t')	i (il) / ele	dji (dj') / nos	vos	i (il)
	present	so	es	est	estans	estoz	sont
	imperfect	ere / î / esteu	eres / îs / esteus	ere / ît / esteut	esténs	estîz	estént
	preterit	esta / fouri	estas/ fouris	esta / fourit	estîs / fourîns	estîz / fourîz	estît / fourît
	future	serè	serès	serè	serans	seroz	seront
	conditional	sereu	sereus	sereut	seréns	serîz	serént
subjunctive		ki dj'	ki t'	k' i (il) / k' ele	ki dj' / ki nos	ki vos	k' i (il)
	present	soeye / fouxhe	soeyes / fouxhes	soeye / fouxhe	soeyanxhe / fouxhanxhe	soeyoxhe / fouxhoxhe	soeyèxhe / fouxhnuxhe
	imperfect	estaxhe / fouxhe / fourixhe	estaxhes / fouxhes / fourixhes	estaxhe / fouxhe / fourixhe	estaxhénxhe / fouxhénxhe	estaxhîxhe / fouxhîxhe	estaxhénxhe / fouxhénxhe
imperative		—	ti	—	dji / nos	vos	—
	affirmative		soey / fouxhe		soeyans / fouxhans	soeyoz / fouxhoz

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Noun

esse m (plural esses)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter S/s.
2. Something shaped like the letter S.