essentiel

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Danish

Adjective

essentiel (neuter essentielt, plural and definite singular attributive essentielle)

  1. essential

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French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin essentiālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.sɑ̃.sjɛl/
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Adjective

essentiel (feminine essentielle, masculine plural essentiels, feminine plural essentielles)

  1. essential
    Coordinate term: accessoire
    distinguer l’essentiel de l’accessoire(please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

Noun

essentiel m (plural essentiels)

  1. essential; essence, essential part
    • 2005, Marc-André Wagner, Le cheval dans les croyances germaniques: paganisme, christianisme et traditions [The Horse in Germanic Beliefs: Paganism, Christianity, and Traditions], Honoré Champion, →ISBN:
      Le dernier type est le "cheval-jupon", un terme que l’ethnologue réserve à un déguisement pour une personne, constitué comme suit : le corps de la personne est entouré à la taille par un tissu — le jupon — recouvrant l’essentiel de ses jambes, une tête du cheval en bois []
      The last type is the "hobby horse", a term which Ethnologue reserves for a disguise for a person, made as follows: the body of the person is surrounded at the waist by a cloth — the skirt — covering most of his legs; a horse's head of wood []

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