esse

See also: Esse, êsse, essē, ésse, -esse, -êsse, and èsse

esse - English

Noun

esse (plural esses)

  1. Essence, essential nature.

esse - Afrikaans

Noun

esse

  1. plural of es

esse - Catalan

Noun

esse f (plural esses)

  1. (Valencia) Alternative form of essa

esse - Central Franconian

Alternative forms

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈɛsə/

Verb

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

  1. (Kölsch, nothernmost Ripuarian) to eat

Usage notes

esse - Corsican

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /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

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

Descendants

esse - French

Pronunciation

Noun

esse m (plural esses)

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

esse - Gallurese

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈɛs.se/

Verb

esse

  1. (auxiliary) to be

Conjugation

infinitive simple esse
compound esse + past participle
gerund simple essendi, sendi
compound essendi + past participle
past participle statu
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative eu tu iddu/idda noi voi iddi
(simple tenses) present socu sei è semu seti so
imperfect era, eru eri era érami érati erani
preterite fusi fusti fusi fùsimi fùsiti fùsini
future saragghju sarai, saré sarà saremu sareti sarani
(compound tenses) present perfect present indicative of esse + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of esse + past participle
preterite perfect preterite indicative of esse + past participle
future perfect future of esse + past participle
conditional eu tu iddu/idda noi voi iddi
present saria saristi saria sarìami sarìati sarìani
perfect present conditional of esse + past participle
subjunctive chi eu chi tu chi iddu/idda chi noi chi voi chi iddi
(simple tenses) present sia sii sia sìami sìati sìani
imperfect fùssia fussi fùssia fùssimi fùssiti fùssini
(compound tenses) past present subjunctive of esse + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of esse + past participle
imperative eu tu iddu/idda noi voi iddi
sii sia sìami sìati sìani

esse - German

Verb

esse

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

esse - Hunsrik

Alternative forms

  • ëse (Wiesemann spelling system)

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈesə/

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

  • mitesse

esse - Ingrian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

esse

  1. obstacle

Declension

Declension of esse (type 6/lähe, st-ss gradation)
nominative esse esteet
genitive esteen estein
partitive essettä esteitä
illative esteesse esteisse

esse - Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈɛs.se/
  • Hyphenation: ès‧se

Noun

esse f or m (invariable)

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

Derived terms


Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈes.se/
  • Hyphenation: és‧se

Pronoun

esse f pl

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

Anagrams

esse - Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA: /ˈes.se/, [ˈɛs̠ːɛ]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈes.se/, [ˈɛsːe]

Verb

esse

  1. present active infinitive of sum

Noun

esse m (indeclinable)

  1. (Medieval Latin) state, condition

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA: /ˈeːs.se/, [ˈeːs̠ːɛ]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈes.se/, [ˈɛsːe]

Verb

ēsse

  1. present active infinitive of edō

esse - Neapolitan

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɛssə/

Verb

esse

  1. to be (dialectal)

esse - Old Irish

Alternative forms

Pronoun

esse

  1. third-person singular feminine of as

esse - Pennsylvania German

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈɛsə/

Verb

esse

  1. to eat

Conjugation

esse - Piedmontese

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ese/

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

esse - Portuguese

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA: /ˈe.si/
  • (Portugal) IPA: /ˈe.s(ɨ)/
  • Hyphenation: es‧se

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 esse.

Synonyms


Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA: /ˈɛ.si/
  • (Portugal) IPA: /ˈɛ.s(ɨ)/
  • 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 esse.

esse - Swedish

Noun

esse

  1. Only used in vara i sitt esse

esse - Tatar

Adjective

esse

  1. hot

esse - Walloon

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɛs/

Verb

esse

  1. to be

Conjugation

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
Meaning and Definition of esse
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