esej

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English essay, itself from French essai.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛsɛj]

Noun

esej f or m inan

1. essay

Declension

when feminine:

Declension of esej (soft zero-ending feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	esej	eseje
genitive	eseje	esejí
dative	eseji	esejím
accusative	esej	eseje
vocative	eseji	eseje
locative	eseji	esejích
instrumental	esejí	esejemi

when masculine:

Declension of esej (soft masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	esej	eseje
genitive	eseje	esejů
dative	eseji	esejům
accusative	esej	eseje
vocative	eseji	eseje
locative	eseji	esejích
instrumental	esejem	eseji

Related terms

• esejista
• esejistika

Further reading

• “esej”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “esej”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “esej”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English essay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.sɛj/

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• Rhymes: -ɛsɛj
• Syllabification: e‧sej

Noun

esej m inan

1. essay (written composition of moderate length, exploring a particular issue or subject)

Declension

Declension of esej

	singular	plural
nominative	esej	eseje
genitive	eseju	esejów
dative	esejowi	esejom
accusative	esej	eseje
instrumental	esejem	esejami
locative	eseju	esejach
vocative	eseju	eseje

Derived terms

nouns

• eseistyka
• eseizacja

Related terms

adjectives

• eseistyczny

adverbs

• eseistycznie

nouns

• eseista
• eseistka
• eseistyczność

verbs

• eseizować impf

Further reading

• esej in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• esej in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• esej in PWN's encyclopedia

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From English essay, itself from French essai.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ěseːj/
• Hyphenation: e‧sej

Noun

èsēj m (Cyrillic spelling ѐсе̄ј)

1. essay

Declension

Declension of esej

	singular	plural
nominative	èsēj	eseji
genitive	eséja	eseja
dative	eseju	esejima
accusative	esej	eseje
vocative	eseju	eseji
locative	eseju	esejima
instrumental	esejom	esejima

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈesej]

Noun

esej f

1. essay

Declension

Declension of esej
(pattern dlaň)

	singular	plural
nominative	esej	eseje
genitive	eseje	esejí
dative	eseji	esejam
accusative	esej	eseje
locative	eseji	esejach
instrumental	esejou	esejami

Derived terms

• esejistický
• esejisticky

Further reading

• “esej”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Slovene

Etymology

From English essay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛsɛ́ːj/

Noun

esȇj m inan

1. essay

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., soft o-stem
nom. sing.	esêj
gen. sing.	esêja
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	esêj	esêja	esêji
genitive (rodȋlnik)	esêja	esêjev	esêjev
dative (dajȃlnik)	esêju	esêjema	esêjem
accusative (tožȋlnik)	esêj	esêja	esêje
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	esêju	esêjih	esêjih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	esêjem	esêjema	esêji