essa

See also: Essa, essä, èssa, and -essa

Catalan

Alternative forms

• esse (Valencia)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈe.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈe.sa]

Noun

essa f (plural esses)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter S/s.
2. ess (a shape or direction of movement that mimics the letter S)

Further reading

• “essa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “essa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “essa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “essa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Corsican

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈes.sa/
• Hyphenation: es‧sa

Verb

essa

1. Ultramontane form of esse

Conjugation

    Ultramontane conjugation of esse (highly irregular, suppletive)

infinitive			esse
present participle			issendu
past participle			statu
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		eiu	tù	ellu/ella	noi	voi	elli/elle
	present	sò, socu	sè	hè, ghjè	semu, semi	seti	sò
	imperfect	eru, era	eri	era	eramu, erami	erati	erani
	simple past	fubbi, fui	fusti	fubbi, fù	fubbimu, fubbimi, fuimu, fuimi	fusti	fubbini
	future	saraghju	sarai, sarè	sarà	saremu, saremi	sareti	sarani
	conditional	sariu, saria, sarebbi	sarii, saresti, saristi	saria, sarebbi	seriamu, sariami, sarebbimu, sarebbimi	sariatei, saresti, saristi	sariani, sarebbini
subjunctive		eiu	tù	ellu/ella	noi	voi	elli/elle
	present	sii, sichi	sii, sichi	sii, sichi	siimu, siimi, sichimu, sichimi	siiti, sichiti	siini, sichini
	imperfect	fussi	fussi	fussi	fussimu, fussimi	fussiti	fussini
imperative		–	tù	–	noi	voi	–
		—	sii, sichi	—	siimu, siimi, sichimu, sichimi	siiti, sichiti	—

References

• “esse, essa” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Dupaningan Agta

Numeral

essa

1. one

Italian

Etymology

From Latin ipsa, feminine singular of ipse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈes.sa/
• Rhymes: -essa
• Hyphenation: és‧sa

Pronoun

essa f (plural esse)

1. (uncommon, literary) it, she, her

   Synonyms: lei, (literary) ella, questa, quella

See also

Italian personal pronouns (alternative)

Number	Person	Gender	Nominative	Reflexive	Accusative	Dative	Locative	Genitive	Disjunctive
Singular	third	m	esso1, egli, elli3	si, s'	lo, l'	gli	vi, v'	ne, n'	esso, sé
		f	essa, ella, Ella2		la, l'	le			essa, sé
Plural	third	m	essi, eglino3, ellino3, elli3	si, s'	li	loro	vi, v'	ne, n'	essi, sé
		f	esse, elle3, elleno3		le				esse, elle3, sé
1	Refers predominantly to non-humans.
2	Highly elevated variant of Lei.
3	Archaic.

Anagrams

• -asse, Asse, asse

Latin

Pronunciation 1

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈeːs.sa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɛs.sa]

Participle

ēssa

1. inflection of ēssus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Pronunciation 2

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈeːs.saː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɛs.sa]

Participle

ēssā

1. ablative feminine singular of ēssus

Mòcheno

Etymology

From Middle High German ezzich, from Old High German ezzih, borrowed from Latin acētum with metathesis. Cognate with German Essig.

Noun

essa m

1. vinegar

References

• “essa” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

Neapolitan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin ipsa (“she herself, that very one”). Compare Italian essa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈessə/

Pronoun

éssa

1. she (nominative)
2. her (prepositional)

Coordinate terms

Neapolitan personal pronouns

			nominative	accusative	dative	reflexive	possessive	prepositional
singular	first person		io (i')	me			mìo, mìa, mieje, meje	me, méne
	second person	familiar	tu	te			tùjo, tòja, tùoje, tòje	te, téne
		formal	vuje	ve			vuósto, vósta, vuóste, vóste	vuje
	third person	m	ìsso	'o, 'u (lo, lu)	'i, 'e (li, le)	se	sùjo, sòja, sùoje, sòje	ìsso
		f	éssa	'a (la)	'e (le)			éssa
plural	first person		nuje	ce			nuósto, nòsta, nuóste, nòste	nuje
	second person		vuje	ve			vuósto, vòsta, vuóste, vòste	vuje
	third person	m	ìsse	'i, 'e (li, le)	llòro	se	llòro (invariable)	llòro
		f	llòro	'e (le)

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• essene

Noun

essa n

1. definite plural of ess

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• essane

Noun

essa n or m

1. definite neuter plural of ess

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *asjō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-.

Noun

essa f

1. furnace

Descendants

• Middle High German: esse
  • Alemannic German: Ess
  • German: Esse

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.sɐ/

• Homophone: Eça
• Rhymes: -ɛsɐ
• Hyphenation: es‧sa

• Audio (São Paulo):

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Etymology 1

Form of esse (“this”). From Latin ipsam.

Determiner

essa

1. feminine singular of esse

Pronoun

essa

1. feminine singular of esse
   • 2007, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e as Relíquias da Morte, Rocco, page 508:

     O senhor realizou extraordinária magia com essa varinha.

     You have done extraordinary magic with that wand.

See also

Portuguese demonstratives

		pronouns					adverbs
		singular		plural		neuter
		masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine
proximal	X	este	esta	estes	estas	isto	aqui, cá
	de + X	deste	desta	destes	destas	disto	daqui
	em + X	neste	nesta	nestes	nestas	nisto	—
medial	X	esse	essa	esses	essas	isso	aí
	de + X	desse	dessa	desses	dessas	disso	daí
	em + X	nesse	nessa	nesses	nessas	nisso	—
distal	X	aquele	aquela	aqueles	aquelas	aquilo	ali, lá, acolá
	de + X	daquele	daquela	daqueles	daquelas	daquilo	dali, dacolá
	em + X	naquele	naquela	naqueles	naquelas	naquilo	—
	a + X	àquele	àquela	àqueles	àquelas	àquilo
anaphoric	X	o	a	os	as	—	—
	de + X	do	da	dos	das
	em + X	no	na	nos	nas
	a + X	ao	à	aos	às

Etymology 2

From Vulgar Latin *ersa, past participle of ērigēre (“to erect”).

Noun

essa f (plural essas)

1. catafalque (platform to display or convey a coffin)

   Synonym: catafalco