essência

See also: essència and esséncia

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁es-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti

Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰúHt

Proto-Italic *ezom~*som

Old Latin 𐌄𐌔𐌏𐌌 (esom)

Old Latin esum

Latin sumder.

Latin *essēns

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ia

Latin essentialbor.

Portuguese essência

Learned borrowing from Latin essentia.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /eˈsẽ.si.ɐ/ [eˈsẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /eˈsẽ.sjɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /eˈsẽ.si.ɐ/ [eˈsẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /eˈsẽ.sjɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /eˈsẽ.si.a/ [eˈsẽ.sɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /eˈsẽ.sja/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈsẽ.sjɐ/

• Rhymes: -ẽsiɐ, (faster pronunciation) -ẽsjɐ
• Hyphenation: es‧sên‧ci‧a

Noun

essência f (plural essências)

1. essence (all senses)
2. gist, substance

Related terms

• essencial

Further reading

• “essência”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “essência”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “essência”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026