ess

English

Alternative forms

Compounds are normally spelled es: es-hook, es-link.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ĕs, IPA: /ɛs/, X-SAMPA: /Es/

  Rhymes: -ɛs

Noun

ess (plural esses)

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

See also

• (Latin script letter names) letter; a, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, gee, aitch, i, jay, kay, el, em, en, o, pee, cue, ar, ess, tee, u, vee, double-u, ex, wye, zee/zed ^{(Category: en:Latin letter names)}

Translations

name of the letter S, s

• Arabic: إس (ar) ('es) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (English letter names are called as in English, no other standard Mandarin name exists)

• Esperanto: so (eo)
• Finnish: äs (fi)
• Hawaiian: sā
• Hindi: एस (hi) (es)
• Japanese: エス (ja) (esu)

• Korean: 에스 (ko) (eseu)
• Latin: es (la)
• Malay: es (ms)
• Marathi: एस (mr) (esa)
• Portuguese: esse (pt) m
• Russian: эс (ru) (es) n
• Spanish: ese (es) f
• Turkish: se (tr)
• Vietnamese: ét (vi), sờ (vi), xờ mạnh (vi), xờ nặng (vi)

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• Italian: esse (it) m and f

Derived terms

• collar of esses

Anagrams

• SES, SSE

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɛsː/

  Rhymes: -ɛsː

Noun

ess n (genitive singular ess, plural ess)

1. The name of the Latin script letter S/s.
2. (music) bocal (on a bassoon)

Declension

declension of ess

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ess	essið	ess	essin
accusative	ess	essið	ess	essin
dative	essi	essinu	essum	essunum
genitive	ess	essins	essa	essanna

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

ess n (definite singular esset; indefinite plural ess; definite plural essa/essene)

1. ace (card; someone very proficient)

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Old Irish

Noun 1

ess m

1. Alternative form of es.

Noun 2

ess n

1. Alternative form of es.

Noun 3

ess

1. Alternative form of es.

Noun 4

ess

1. Alternative form of es.

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Swedish

Alternative forms

• äss (meanings 1 and 2 below)

Noun

ess n

1. ace; a card with one mark
2. ace; someone very proficient
3. (music) E-flat

Declension

Declension of ess

	singular		plural
Neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ess	esset	ess	essen
genitive	ess	essets	ess	essens