essential

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Etymology

Adjectival derivation of Latin essentia (“being, essence”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪˈsɛn.tʃəl/, SAMPA: /I"sEn.tS@l/

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Noun

essential (plural essentials)

1. A necessary ingredient.
2. A fundamental ingredient.

Derived terms

• essential amino acid
• essential fatty acid
• essential listening
• essential nutrient
• essential oil

Related terms

• essence

Translations

necessary ingredient

Chinese: Mandarin: trad. 必要的, simpl. 必要的 (bìyàode) Czech: nezbytnost (cs) f.

Finnish: tarpeellinen ainesosa Greek: ουσιαστικός (el) m., ουσιώδης (el) m.

fundamental ingredient

Chinese: Mandarin: trad. 基本的, simpl. 基本的 (jīběnde) Czech: podstata (cs) f., jádro (cs) n., esence (cs) f.

Dutch: essentiële (nl) n. Finnish: olennainen ainesosa Greek: ουσιαστικός (el) m., ουσιώδης (el) m., στοιχειώδης (el) m.

Adjective

essential (comparative more essential, superlative most essential)

1. Necessary.
2. Very important; of high importance.
3. Being in the basic form; showing its essence.

   Don’t mind him being grumpy. That’s the essential Fred.

4. (of a lamination of a 3-manifold) Such that each complementary region is irreducible, the boundary of each complementary region is incompressible by disks and monogons in the complementary region, and no leaf is a sphere or a torus bounding a solid torus in the manifold.
5. (medicine) Idiopathic.

Synonyms

• indispensable, crucial, substantive
• See also Wikisaurus:requisite

Antonyms

• inessential, unessential, accidental, nonessential, unneeded, adscititious, unimportant, accessorial, unnecessary, incidental

Derived terms

• essentially
• essentialness
• quintessential

Translations

necessary

Bulgarian: необходим (bg) Catalan: essencial (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: trad. 必要的, simpl. 必要的 (bìyàode); trad. 不可缺的, simpl. 不可缺的 (bùkěquēde) Czech: nepostradatelný (cs) m., esenciální (cs), nezbytný (cs) m., nevyhnutelný (cs) m. Dutch: essentieel (nl), onontbeerlijk (nl), wezenlijk (nl), noodzakelijk (nl), nodig (nl)

Estonian: vajalik (et) Finnish: olennainen (fi), tärkeä (fi), tarpeellinen (fi) Maltese: essenzjali (mt) Polish: niezbędny (pl) m. Romanian: necesar (ro) m. and n. Scottish Gaelic: deatamach (gd), riatanach (gd) Slovene: bistven, nujen

of high importance

Bulgarian: важен (bg), съществен (bg) Catalan: essencial (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: trad. 要素, simpl. 要素 (yàosù) Czech: zásadní (cs), esenciální (cs), nejpodstatnější (cs), nejdůležitější (cs), hlavní (cs) Dutch: essentieel (nl), onontbeerlijk (nl), wezenlijk (nl), belangrijk (nl) Estonian: oluline (et)

Finnish: olennainen (fi), välttämätön (fi), elintärkeä (fi), oleellinen (fi) Maltese: essenzjali (mt) Polish: zasadniczy (pl) m. Romanian: esențial (ro) m. and n., important (ro) m. and n., importantă (ro) f., esențială (ro) f. Scottish Gaelic: deatamach (gd), riatanach (gd) Slovene: bistven

in basic form

Bulgarian: основен (bg) Catalan: essencial (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: trad. 精華的, simpl. 精华的 (jīnghuáde) Dutch: essentieel (nl), wezenlijk (nl), echt (nl)

Finnish: tavallinen (fi), normaali (fi) Maltese: essenzjali (mt) Polish: podstawowy (pl) m. Romanian: de bază (ro) m., f., and n., fundamental (ro) m. and n., fundamentală (ro) f.

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Esperanto: esenca French: essentiel Italian: essenziale (1,2,3), indispensabile (1,2)

Spanish: esencial Swedish: oumbärlig, väsentlig, nödvändig Vietnamese: bản chất, cần thiết (1), cốt yếu, chủ yếu

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Latin

Noun

essentiāl (genitive essentiālis); n, third declension

1. essentials (essential qualities)

Related terms

• essentialis

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	essentiāl	essentiāla
genitive	essentiālis	essentiālum
dative	essentiālī	essentiālibus
accusative	essentiāl	essentiāla
ablative	essentiāle	essentiālibus
vocative	essentiāl	essentiāla