ese

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ese"

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Translingual

Symbol

ese

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Ese Ejja.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Ese Ejja terms

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Mexican Spanish ése (“dude”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɛˌseɪ/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛseɪ
• Homophone: essay

Noun

ese (plural eses)

1. (US) dude, man. (Usually used vocatively).

Etymology 2

Cf. ease.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiːz/

Noun

ese (plural eses)

1. Obsolete spelling of ease.

References

• “ese”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• -ees, SEE, See, ees, see

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /es̺e/ [e.s̺e]
• Rhymes: -es̺e, -e
• Hyphenation: e‧se

Noun

ese inan

1. The name of the Latin script letter S/s.

Declension

Declension of ese (inan V-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	ese	esea	eseak	eseok
ergative	esek	eseak	eseek	eseok
dative	eseri	eseari	eseei	eseoi
genitive	eseren	esearen	eseen	eseon
comitative	eserekin	esearekin	eseekin	eseokin
causative	eserengatik	esearengatik	eseengatik	eseongatik
benefactive	eserentzat	esearentzat	eseentzat	eseontzat
instrumental	esez	eseaz	eseez	eseotaz
inessive	esetan	esean	eseetan	eseotan
locative	esetako	eseko	eseetako	eseotako
allative	esetara	esera	eseetara	eseotara
terminative	esetaraino	eseraino	eseetaraino	eseotaraino
directive	esetarantz	eserantz	eseetarantz	eseotarantz
destinative	esetarako	eserako	eseetarako	eseotarako
ablative	esetatik	esetik	eseetatik	eseotatik
partitive	eserik	—	—	—
prolative	esetzat	—	—	—

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) a, be, ze, de, e, efe, ge, hatxe, i, jota, ka, ele, eme, ene, eñe, o, pe, ku, erre, ese, te, u, uve, uve bikoitz, ixa, i greko, zeta

Chavacano

Alternative forms

• se (colloquial)

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish ese (“that”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se/ [se] (colloquial)
• Hyphenation: e‧se

Pronoun

ese

1. that (far from the speaker, but near the person addressed)

Adjective

ese

1. that (far from the speaker, but near the person addressed)

Chuukese

Etymology

e- +‎ -se

Pronoun

ese

1. he, she, it does not

Adjective

ese

1. he, she, it is not
2. he, she, it was not

Related terms

			present and past tense	negative tense	future	negative future	distant future	negative determinate
singular	first person		ua	use	upwe	usap	upwap	ute
	second person		ka ke	kose kese	kopwe kepwe	kosap kesap	kopwap kepwap	kote kete
	third person		a	ese	epwe	esap	epwap	ete
plural	first person	exclusive	aua	ause	aupwe	ausap	aupwap	aute
		inclusive	sia	sise	sipwe	sisap	sipwap	site
	second person		oua	ouse	oupwe	ousap	oupwap	oute
	third person		ra re	rese	repwe	resap	repwap	rete

Estonian

Etymology

Coined ex nihilo by Johannes Aavik in the 20th century. Compare Finnish esine.

Noun

ese (genitive eseme, partitive eset)

1. object, thing, item

Declension

Declension of ese (ÕS type 4/ase, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		ese	esemed
accusative	nom.
	gen.	eseme
genitive			esemete
partitive		eset	esemeid
illative		esemesse	esemetesse esemeisse
inessive		esemes	esemetes esemeis
elative		esemest	esemetest esemeist
allative		esemele	esemetele esemeile
adessive		esemel	esemetel esemeil
ablative		esemelt	esemetelt esemeilt
translative		esemeks	esemeteks esemeiks
terminative		esemeni	esemeteni
essive		esemena	esemetena
abessive		esemeta	esemeteta
comitative		esemega	esemetega

See also

• asi
• objekt

Galician

Alternative forms

• esse (reintegrationist)

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *e(s)peso

Latin ipse

Old Galician-Portuguese esse

Galician ese

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese esse, from Latin ipse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈese/ [ˈe.s̺ɪ]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ese
• Hyphenation: e‧se

Determiner

ese m (feminine singular esa, masculine plural eses, feminine plural esas, neuter iso)

1. that

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛse/ [ˈɛ.s̺ɪ]
• Rhymes: -ɛse
• Hyphenation: e‧se

Noun

ese m (plural eses)

1. The name of the Latin script letter S/s.

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) letra; a, be, ce, de, e, efe, gue, hache, i, ele, eme, ene, eñe, o, pe, que, erre, ese, te, u, uve, xe, ceta / zeta

Further reading

• “ese”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Isoko

Etymology

From e- (“Gerund prefix”) +‎ se (“to read”).

Gerund

ese

1. gerund of se

Karitiâna

Noun

ese

1. water

References

• Number and the mass/count distinction in Karitiana

Ladino

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish ese (“that”), from Latin ipse.

Determiner

ese m sg (Hebrew spelling איסי, plural esos, feminine esa, feminine plural esas)

1. (demonstrative) this

   Synonym: este

   • 2004, Los Muestros‎^[1], numbers 56-64, page 35:

     Vay a ver, ninguno sabía hazer el problema ese.

     Go see, nobody knew about causing this problem.

Pronoun

ese m (Hebrew spelling איסי, feminine esa, neuter eso, masculine plural esos, feminine plural esas, neuter plural esos)

1. (demonstrative) this

   Synonym: este

   • 1992, Marie-Christine Varol-Bornes, Vidal Sephiha, Domaine judéo-espagnol I: Langue et littérature‎^[2], volume 1, Publications Langues'O, page 102:

     Wa eso era el encuentro.

     So this was the meeting.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈeː.sɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɛː.s̬e]

Participle

ēse

1. vocative masculine singular of ēsus

Verb

ēse

1. (Old Latin) present active infinitive of sum

Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French aise, eise.

Alternative forms

• eyse, eise, ase, ayse, aise, yese

Noun

ese

1. Physical comfort, or that which is conducive thereto.
2. Material prosperity; profit.
3. Good health.
4. Spiritual comfort; equanimity, tranquility.
   • 1370-90, William Langland, Piers Plowman

     For if hevene be on this erthe, and ese to any soule,
     It is in cloistre or in scole.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

5. Enjoyment, pleasure, delight.
6. Ease, facility.
7. The opportunity by which something is possible; means, ability.
   • c. 1225, “Feorðe dale: fondunges”, in Ancrene Ƿiſſe (MS. Corpus Christi 402)‎^[3], Ludlow, Shropshire, published c. 1235, folio 78, verso; republished at Cambridge: Parker Library on the Web, January 2018:

     […] hƿen þe delit i þe luſt iſ igan ſe ouerforð · þet ter nere nan ƿiðſeggunge ȝef þer ƿere eiſe to fulle þe dede ·

     […] when the delight taken in the craving has gone so far that there will be no denying it if there's any way whatsoever to do it.

8. The mitigation or alleviation of discomfort, burden or suffering.
9. (law) The right to utilize the property of a neighbour for certain ends; easement.

Synonyms

• (comfort): esynesse
• (ease): facilite

Descendants

• English: ease

References

• “ese, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 6 August 2018.

Etymology 2

Adjective

ese

1. alternative form of eise

Northern Paiute

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /isi/, /iʃi/

Noun

ese

1. light brown-gray

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• esa (a-infinitive)
• (non-standard since 2012) æsa, æse

Etymology

From Germanic, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *yes- (“to well, seethe, foam, ferment”). Compare Icelandic æsa, from Proto-Germanic *jōsijaną.

Verb

ese (present tense esar, past tense esa, past participle esa, passive infinitive esast, present participle esande, imperative ese/es)

1. (intransitive) to swell, seethe, ferment
2. (intransitive, by extension) to grow larger
3. (impersonal) to devolve, be stirred, riled up

   Synonym: ulme

Derived terms

• (with particle): ese opp; ese ut

Related terms

• ase
• jest, jester

References

• “ese” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeː.se/, [ˈeː.ze]

Noun

ēse

1. dative singular of ōs

Pohnpeian

Verb

ese (transitive)

1. to know

References

• “ese”, in New Pohnpeian-English Online Dictionary‎^[4], Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaiʻi

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈese/ [ˈe.se]

• Audio (Spain):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ese
• Syllabification: e‧se

Etymology 1

Noun

ese f (plural eses)

1. The name of the Latin script letter S/s.

Derived terms

• ese alta
• ese larga

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *e(s)peso

Latin ipse

Spanish ese

Inherited from Latin ipse.

Determiner

ese m sg (plural esos, feminine esa, feminine plural esas)

1. (demonstrative, also postpositive) that

   Synonym: (poetic or archaic) aquese

   Mete la ropa esta en la caja esa.

   Put these clothes in that box.

Interjection

ese

1. (Mexico, informal) hello

Pronoun

ese m (feminine esa, neuter eso, masculine plural esos, feminine plural esas, neuter plural esos)

1. (demonstrative) alternative spelling of ése

   Synonym: (poetic) aquese

Usage notes

• The unaccented form can function as a pronoun if it can be unambiguously deduced as such from context.

Derived terms

• esa es otra
• ni por esas

Inflection

		Demonstrative determiners
		proximal	medial	distal
singular	masculine	este	ese	aquel
	feminine	esta	esa	aquella
plural	masculine	estos	esos	aquellos
	feminine	estas	esas	aquellas

See also

Spanish personal pronouns

number	person			Nominative	Disjunctive	Dative	Accusative	Comitative
singular	1st			yo	mí	me		conmigo
	2nd	fam.		tú1, vos2	ti1, vos2	te		contigo
		m	for.	usted		le, se4	lo	—
		f					la
	3rd	m		él		le, se4	lo
		f		ella			la
		n		ello6			lo
plural	1st	m		nosotros		nos
		f		nosotras
	2nd	m	fam.5	vosotros		os
		f		vosotras
		m	for.	ustedes		les, se4	los
		f					las
	3rd	m		ellos		les, se4	los
		f		ellas			las
Reflexive				—	sí	se		consigo

1. Tuteo
2. Voseo
3. If le or les precedes lo, la, los, or las in a clause, it is replaced with se (e.g. se lo dije instead of *le lo dije).
4. Used primarily in Spain.
5. Only used in certain circumstances and rarely as a subject pronoun.

Further reading

• “ese”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ese, the Spanish name of the letter S / s.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔese/ [ˈʔɛː.sɛ]
• Rhymes: -ese
• Syllabification: e‧se

Noun

ese (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐᜒ)

1. (historical) the name of the Latin script letter S/s, in the Abecedario

   Synonyms: (in the Filipino alphabet) es, (in the Abakada alphabet) sa

Further reading

• “ese”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

Anagrams

• See

Yoruba

Esé

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ē.sé/

Noun

esé

1. (rare) hippopotamus

   Synonym: erinmi

Etymology 2

Èse ọ̀sìn

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /è.sē/

Noun

èse

1. (rare) cat

   Synonyms: ológbò, ológìní, músù

   irọ́ ni, ẹ̀yìn èse kì í kanlẹ̀ ― It is impossible, a cat can never land on its back

Etymology 3

From è- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ sè (“To dye, to paint”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /è.sè/

Noun

èsè

1. dye; (in particular) purple dye

   ó sè é ní èsè ― She dyed it purple

Derived terms

• elésè-àlùkò (“purple”)
• èsè-àtúfà (“Pergularia daemia”)

See also

Colors in Yoruba · àwọn àwọ̀ (layout · text)

funfun	àwọ̀ eérú	dúdú
pupa; àwọ̀ pípọ́n dòdò	àwọ̀ òrom̀bó, àwọ̀ olómi ọsàn; àwọ̀ igi, àwọ̀ ilẹ̀	àwọ̀ ìyeyè
	àwọ̀ ewé
	àwọ̀ aró rẹ́súrẹ́sú	àwọ̀ ọ̀run, àwọ̀ aró, búlúù
àwọ̀ búlúù rẹ́súrẹ́sú; àwọ̀ aró	àwọ̀ elésè àlùkò, èsè	àwọ̀ pupa rẹ́súrẹ́sú, àwọ̀ osùn

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /è.sè/

Noun

èsè

1. provision

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ē.sè/

Noun

esè

1. (rare) shea butter

   Synonym: òrí

Etymology 6

Èsè rèé nọ́bù ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /è.sè/

Noun

èsè

1. (Ijebu) yellow yam, Dioscorea cayenensis

   Synonym: àgọ́ndọ̀n-ọ́n (Ìjẹ̀bú)

2. (Ijebu, by extension) yellow