ese

See also: Ese, ESE, Eşe, ése, esé, -ese, esė, and êse

English

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  ese (“ease”), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French aise.

Noun

ese

1. (obsolete) Ease; pleasure.
   • William Langland, Piers Plowman:

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

Etymology 2

From Mexican Spanish ese (“dude”).

Noun

ese (plural eses)

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

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “ese”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• ees, see

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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	aua (exclusive) sia (inclusive)	ause (exclusive) sise (inclusive)	aupwe (exclusive) sipwe (inclusive)	ausap (exclusive) sisap (inclusive)	aupwap (exclusive) sipwap (inclusive)	aute (exclusive) site (inclusive)
	Second person	oua	ouse	oupwe	ousap	oupwap	oute
	Third person	ra, re	rese	repwe	resap	repwap	rete

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Estonian

Etymology

Allegedly coined ex nihilo by Johannes Aavik in the 20th century, but compare Finnish esine.

Noun

ese (genitive eseme, partitive eset)

1. object, thing, item, that

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
• eesmärk
• objekt
• sihitis

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Karitiâna

Noun

ese

1. water

References

• Number and the mass/count distinction in Karitiana

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Latin

Participle

(deprecated template usage) ēse

1. vocative masculine singular of ēsus

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Middle English

Etymology 1

Adjective

ese

1. Alternative form of eise

References

• “ese (adv.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 5 August 2018.

Etymology 2

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.
5. Enjoyment, pleasure, delight.
6. Ease, facility.
7. The opportunity by which something is possible; means, ability.
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.

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Northern Paiute

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /isi/ or IPA^(key): /iʃi/

Noun

ese

1. light brown-gray

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Pohnpeian

Verb

ese

1. (transitive) to know

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈese/ [ˈe.se]

  • Audio (Spain)

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Etymology 1

Noun

ese f (plural eses)

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

Etymology 2

From Latin ipse.

Adjective

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

1. (demonstrative) that

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

Usage notes

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

See also

Spanish personal pronouns

				nominative	dative	accusative	disjunctive
first person	singular			yo	me		mí1
	plural	masculine2		nosotros	nos		nosotros
		feminine		nosotras			nosotras
second person	singular	tuteo		tú	te		ti1
		voseo		vos			vos
		formal3		usted	le, se4	lo/la5	usted
	plural	familiar6	masculine2	vosotros	os		vosotros
			feminine	vosotras			vosotras
		formal/general3		ustedes	les, se4	los/las5	ustedes
third person	singular	masculine2		él	le, se4	lo	él
		feminine		ella		la	ella
		neuter		ello7		lo	ello
	plural	masculine2		ellos	les, se4	los	ellos
		feminine		ellas		las	ellas
	reflexive			—	se		sí1

1. Not used with con; conmigo, contigo, and consigo are used instead, respectively
2. Like other masculine Spanish words, masculine Spanish pronouns can be used when the gender of the subject is unknown or when the subject is plural and of mixed gender.
3. Treated as if it were third-person for purposes of conjugation and reflexivity
4. 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)
5. Depending on the implicit gender of the object being referred to
6. Used primarily in Spain
7. Used only in rare circumstances

Further reading

• Template:R:DRAE 2001