ESP

See also: esp and esp.

Translingual

Etymology

From Spanish España.

Symbol

ESP

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code for Spain.

   Synonym: ES (alpha-2)

2. (international standards, historical) ISO 4217 currency code for the former Spanish peseta; a currency used from 1868 to 2002.

   Coordinate terms: ESA, ESB

English

Noun

ESP (countable and uncountable, plural ESPs)

1. (automotive) Initialism of electronic stability program.

   Synonym: ESC

   Coordinate terms: ABS, TCS

2. (financial services) Initialism of equity shelf program.
3. (linguistics, education) Initialism of English for specific or special purposes.
4. (parapsychology) Abbreviation of extrasensory perception.
   • 2010, Jennifer Egan, “Ask Me if I Care”, in A Visit from the Goon Squad:

     We don't know how they decide if they should keep a name, because Bennie and Scotty don't actually talk. But they agree on everything, maybe through ESP.

5. (ecology) Initialism of Environmental Sample Processor.
6. (psychology) Abbreviation of emotional, spiritual, and psychological.

Translations

abbreviation of extrasensory perception

• French: PES (fr)
• German: ASW
• Greek: ΕΕΑ (EEA)
• Italian: ESP
• Portuguese: PES
• Russian: ЭСВ (ESV)
• Slovak: ESP (sk)
• Turkish: DDA, DDİ (tr)

Anagrams

• EPS, EPs, Eps, PES, PEs, PSE, SEP, SPE, Sep, Sep., eps, pes, sep

German

Pronunciation

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Noun

ESP

1. Initialism of elektronisches Stabilitätsprogramm (“ESP (electronic stability program)”).

See also

• ABS

Further reading

• “ESP” in Duden online

Japanese

Etymology

From English ESP.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) イーエスピ​ー [ìíésúpíꜜì] (Nakadaka – [5])
• IPA^(key): [iːe̞sɨ̥ᵝpʲiː]

Noun

ESP(イーエスピー) • (īesupī) 

1. Synonym of 超感覚的知覚 (chōkankakuteki chikaku, “extrasensory perception”); ESP