ess
English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
ess (plural esses)
- The name of the Latin-script letter S/s.
- Something shaped like the letter S.
Derived terms
Translations
name of the letter S, s
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Usage notes
- Compounds are normally spelled es: es-hook, es-link, etc.
See also
- (Latin-script letter names) letter; a, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, gee, aitch, i, jay, kay, el, em, en, o, pee, cue, ar, ess, tee, u, vee, double-u, ex, wye, zee / zed
Anagrams
Estonian
Noun
ess (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
- The name of the Latin-script letter S/s.
Faroese
Etymology 1
Noun
ess n (genitive singular ess, plural ess)
- The name of the Latin-script letter S/s.
Declension
n11 | Singular | Plural | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | ess | essið | ess | essini |
Accusative | ess | essið | ess | essini |
Dative | essi | essinum | essum | essunum |
Genitive | ess | essins | essa | essanna |
See also
- (Latin-script letter names) bókstavur; a / fyrra a, á, be, de, edd, e, eff, ge, há, i / fyrra i, í / fyrra í, jodd, ká, ell, emm, enn, o, ó, pe, err, ess, te, u, ú, ve, seinna i, seinna í, seinna a, ø
Etymology 2
Noun
ess n (genitive singular ess, plural ess)
Declension
n11 | Singular | Plural | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | ess | essið | ess | essini |
Accusative | ess | essið | ess | essini |
Dative | essi | essinum | essum | essunum |
Genitive | ess | essins | essa | essanna |
Etymology 3
Noun
ess n (genitive singular ess, plural ess)
Declension
n11 | Singular | Plural | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | ess | essið | ess | essini |
Accusative | ess | essið | ess | essini |
Dative | essi | essinum | essum | essunum |
Genitive | ess | essins | essa | essanna |
German
Verb
ess
- (colloquial) (deprecated template usage) First-person singular present of essen.
- (colloquial) (deprecated template usage) Imperative singular of essen.
Hungarian
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Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
ess
Icelandic
Pronunciation
Noun
ess n (genitive singular ess, nominative plural ess)
Declension
declension of ess
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin as, via Middle Low German es
Noun
ess n (definite singular esset, indefinite plural ess, definite plural essa or essene)
- an ace (playing card; or someone very proficient)
References
- “ess” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin as, via Middle Low German es
Noun
ess n (definite singular esset, indefinite plural ess, definite plural essa)
ess m (definite singular essen, indefinite plural essar, definite plural essane)
- an ace (as above)
References
- “ess” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Irish
Noun
ess
- Alternative form of es (“cataract, rapid”) m
- Alternative form of es (“vessel”) n
- Alternative form of es (“death”)
- Alternative form of es (“ox”)
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
ess | unchanged | n-ess |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Swedish
Alternative forms
- äss (meanings 1 and 2 below)
Pronunciation
Noun
ess n
Declension
Declension of ess | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | ess | esset | ess | essen |
Genitive | ess | essets | ess | essens |
Anagrams
Võro
Noun
ess (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
- The name of the Latin-script letter S/s.
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Yola
Noun
ess
- ass (donkey)
References
- J. Poole W. Barnes, A Glossary, with Some Pieces of Verse, of the Old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy (1867)
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