esse

See also: Esse, êsse, essē, ésse, -esse, -êsse, and èsse

English

Etymology

From Latin esse.

Noun

esse (plural esses)

1. Essence, essential nature.
   • 1788, Emanuel Swedenborg, The Wisdom of Angels Concerning Divine Love and Divine Wisdom, London: […] W. Chalklen, page 136:

     Hence it is that the Univerſe, which was created from his Eſſe, and which regarded as to Uſes is his Image, obtained theſe three in all and ſingular the Things appertaining to it.

   • 1801, Emanuel Swedenborg, Arcana Cœlestia: or, Heavenly Mysteries Contained in the Sacred Scriptures, or Word of the Lord, Manifested and Laid Open, volume X, London: […] J. Hodson, page 482:

     […] that is his proprium, since the esse of the life of man is his will;

   • 1824–68, A[braham] J[ones] Le Cras, The Theological Contrast: or, Error Exposed, and Truth Elucidated, Being an Investigation into All the Systems of Religion, Now Propagated in the Whole World, London: […] Thomas Goyder, pages 95–97:

     In like manner Christians treading closely on the heels of Jews, notwithstanding all the divine miracles, which accompanied their first establishment, iu^[sic] order to call them from the Deistical worship of a supreme esse, extended through all space, and to fix them in the exclusive acknowledgement of the one God in a divine human form, are equally guilty of idolatry, in worshipping Gods or persons, that have no real existence.

   • 1961, Gerard Smith; Lottie H. Kendzierski, Philosophy of Being, The Macmillan Company, page 339:

     Essence is a being by an esse which the essence is. Substance is a being by an esse which the substance is. Ens is a being by an esse which the ens is.

   • 2015, Christopher Hughes, Aquinas on Being, Goodness, and God, Routledge, page 62:

     Agreed, if there are as many esses in an individual as there are forms in that individual, then a plurality of substantial forms in an individual implies a plurality of substantial esses in that individual, just as a plurality of accidental forms in an individual implies a plurality of accidental esses in that individual.

References

• James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), “Esse”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume III (D–E), London: Clarendon Press, OCLC 15566697, page 294.

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Afrikaans

Noun

esse

1. plural of es

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Catalan

Noun

esse f (plural esses)

1. (Valencia) Alternative form of essa

Further reading

• “esse” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

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Corsican

Alternative forms

• essa (Ultramontane)

Etymology

From Latin esse, from Proto-Italic *ezom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti. Cognates include Italian essere and French être.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

esse (Cismontane)

1. (copulative) to be
2. (intransitive) to be (to exist)
3. (intransitive) to be (to occupy a place)
4. (auxiliary, + past participle) Forms the passive voice; to be
5. (auxiliary, + past participle) Forms the perfect aspect of some verbs; to have

Conjugation

    Cismontane 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	sì	hè, ghjè	simu	site	sò
	imperfect	era	eri	era	eramu	erate	eranu
	simple past	fubbi, fui	fusti	fubbe, fù	fubbimu, fuimu	fuste	fubbenu
	future	seraghju	serai, serè	serà	seremu	serete	seranu
subjunctive		eiu	tù	ellu/ella	noi	voi	elli/elle
	present	sia	sia	sia	siamu	siate	sianu
	imperfect	fussi	fussi	fussi	fussimu	fussite	fussinu
conditional		eiu	tù	ellu/ella	noi	voi	elli/elle
	present	seria, serebbi	serii, seresti, seristi	seria, serebbe	seriamu, serebbimu	seriate, sereste, seriste	serianu, serebbenu
imperative		–	tù	–	noi	voi	–
		—	sia	—	siamu	siate	—

Descendants

• Gallurese: esse, essi

References

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

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛs/

• Audio

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• Homophones: ace, aces, ès, esses

Noun

esse m (plural esses)

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

Further reading

• “esse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Gallurese

Alternative forms

• essi

Etymology

From Corsican esse, from Latin esse, present infinitive of sum (“I am”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛs.se/

Verb

esse

1. (auxiliary) to be

Conjugation

    Conjugation of esse (highly irregular, suppletive)

infinitive	simple	esse
	compound	esse + past participle
gerund	simple	essendi, sendi
	compound	essendi + past participle
past participle		statu
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		eu	tu	iddu/idda	noi	voi	iddi
(simple tenses)	present	socu	sei	è	semu	seti	so
	imperfect	era, eru	eri	era	érami	érati	erani
	preterite	fusi	fusti	fusi	fùsimi	fùsiti	fùsini
	future	saragghju	sarai, saré	sarà	saremu	sareti	sarani
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of esse + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of esse + past participle
	preterite perfect	preterite indicative of esse + past participle
	future perfect	future of esse + past participle
conditional		eu	tu	iddu/idda	noi	voi	iddi
present		saria	saristi	saria	sarìami	sarìati	sarìani
perfect		present conditional of esse + past participle
subjunctive		chi eu	chi tu	chi iddu/idda	chi noi	chi voi	chi iddi
(simple tenses)	present	sia	sii	sia	sìami	sìati	sìani
	imperfect	fùssia	fussi	fùssia	fùssimi	fùssiti	fùssini
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of esse + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of esse + past participle
imperative		eu	tu	iddu/idda	noi	voi	iddi
		—	sii	sia	sìami	sìati	sìani

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German

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Verb

esse

1. inflection of essen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular present subjunctive

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Hunsrik

Alternative forms

• ëse (Wiesemann spelling system)

Etymology

From Middle High German ezzen, from Old High German ezzan, from Proto-Germanic *etaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈesə/

Verb

esse

1. to eat

   Ich esse keen Fleisch.

   I don't eat meat.

   Heit esse-mer Fisch.

   Today we eat fish.

Inflection

Conjugation of esse

infinitive	esse
past participle	gess
auxiliary	hon
	present tense
1st person singular	esse
2nd person singular	esst
3rd person singular	essd
1st person  plural	esse
2nd person plural	essd
3rd person plural	esse
	imperative
2nd person singular	ess
2nd person plural	essd

Derived terms

• mitesse

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

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Ingrian

Etymology

From estää (“to prevent”) +‎ -e. Akin to Finnish este.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈesːe/, [ˈe̞s̠ː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈesːe/, [ˈe̞ʃːe̞]
• Rhymes: -esːe
• Hyphenation: es‧se

Noun

esse

1. obstacle

Declension

Declension of esse (type 6/lähe, st-ss gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	esse	esteet
genitive	esteen	estein
partitive	essettä	esteitä
illative	esteesse	esteisse
inessive	estees	esteis
elative	esteest	esteist
allative	esteelle	esteille
adessive	esteel	esteil
ablative	esteelt	esteilt
translative	esteeks	esteiks
essive	esteennä, esteen	esteinnä, estein
exessive1)	esteent	esteint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 36

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Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin es (the name of the letter S).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛs.se/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɛsse
• Hyphenation: ès‧se

Noun

esse f or m (invariable)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter S.; ess

Derived terms

• esse lunga

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) lettera; a, bi, ci, di, e, effe, gi, acca, i, gei / i lunga, cappa, elle, emme, enne, o, pi, cu, erre, esse, ti, u, vu / vi, doppia vu, ics, ipsilon / i greca, zeta

Etymology 2

From Latin ipsae, from ipse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈes.se/
• Rhymes: -esse
• Hyphenation: és‧se

Pronoun

esse f pl

1. plural of essa; they, them (female)

   Synonym: loro

See also

Italian personal pronouns (alternate)

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, ella3			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, elle,3 sé
1	Refers predominantly to non-humans.
2	Highly elevated variant of Lei.
3	Archaic.

Anagrams

• sese

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Latin

Etymology 1

Form of the verb sum (“[I] am; [I] exist”); from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésmi (“I am, I exist”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈes.se/, [ˈɛs̠ːɛ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈes.se/, [ˈɛsːe]

Verb

esse

1. present infinitive of sum

Noun

esse m (indeclinable)

1. (Medieval Latin) state, condition

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈeːs.se/, [ˈeːs̠ːɛ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈes.se/, [ˈɛsːe]

Verb

ēsse

1. present active infinitive of edō

References

• “esse”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• esse in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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Neapolitan

Etymology

Dialectal form of essere, from Latin esse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛssə/

Verb

esse

1. to be (dialectal)

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Old Irish

Alternative forms

• essi
• eissi

Pronoun

esse

1. third-person singular feminine of as

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Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German essen, Dutch eten, English eat, Swedish äta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛsə/

Verb

esse

1. to eat

Conjugation

Conjugation of esse

infinitive	esse
past participle	hot gesse
future tense	waerd esse
subjunctive	daet esse
	present tense
1st person singular	ess
2nd person singular	esscht
3rd person singular	esst
1st person  plural	esse
2nd person plural	esst
3rd person plural	esse
imperative	du ess, dihr esst

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Piedmontese

Etymology

From Latin sum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ese/

Verb

esse

1. to be

Conjugation

infinitive	esse
present gerundive	essend
past participle	stàit

	Present indicative	Past indicative	Future indicative	Present subjunctive	Past subjunctive	Present Conditional
First-person singular	i son	i j'era	i sarai	i sia	i fussa	i sarìa
Second-person singular	it ses	it j'ere	it saras	it sie	it fusse	it sarìe
Third-person singular	a l'é	a l'era	a sarà	a sia	a fussa	a sarìa
First-person plural	i soma	i j'ero	i saroma	i sio	i fusso	i sarìo
Second-person plural	i seve	i j'ere	i sareve	i sie	i fusse	i sarìe
Third-person plural	a son	a j'ero	i saran	a sio	a fusso	a sarìo

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Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese esse, from Latin ipse (“himself”).

Alternative forms

• êsse (superseded)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈe.si/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈe.si/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈe.se/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈe.s(ɨ)/

• Hyphenation: es‧se

• Audio (Brazil - São Paulo)

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Determiner

esse (feminine essa, masculine plural esses, feminine plural essas)

2. that (near you)

   Esse chapéu está limpo?

   Is that hat clean?

4. (Brazil) this (near me)

   Esse livro é muito bom.

   This book is very good.

Pronoun

esse (feminine essa, masculine plural esses, feminine plural essas, neuter isso) (definite demonstrative pronoun)

2. that, that one (near you)
4. that (that one); this (this one) (indicates something already mentioned or understood from context)

   Esse é o segredo para vencer.

   This is the secret to winning.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:esse.

Synonyms

• (near me): este

See also

Portuguese demonstratives (edit)
		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
	de + X	daquele	daquela	daqueles	daquelas	daquilo	dali
	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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.si/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.si/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.se/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.s(ɨ)/

• Hyphenation: es‧se

Noun

esse m (plural esses)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter S.
2. something shaped like the letter S

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:esse.

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Tatar

Adjective

esse

1. hot

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Walloon

Etymology

From Old French estre, from Latin sum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛs/

Verb

esse

1. to be

Conjugation

   —         —   Conjugation of the verb esse in Walloon   —   Codjowaedje do viebe esse e walon

infinitive			esse (or iesse) / sey
gerund			estant
auxiliary			aveur
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		sti		—
		plural		—		—
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		dji (dj')	tu (t')	i (il) / ele	dji (dj') / nos	vos	i (il)
	present	so	es	est	estans	estoz	sont
	imperfect	ere / ier / esteu	eres / iers / esteus	ere / iert / esteut	esteins	estiez	esteint
	preterit	fou	fous	fout	foureins	fouriez	foureint
	future	serai	serais	serai	serans	seroz	seront
	conditional	sereu	sereus	sereut	sereins	seriez	sereint
subjunctive		ki dj'	ki t'	k' i (il) / k' ele	ki dj' / ki nos	ki vos	k' i (il)
	present	seuye	seuyes	seuye	seuyanxhe	seuyoxhe	seuynuxhe or seuyèxhe
	present	fouxhe	fouxhes	fouxhe	fouxheinxhe	fouxhiexhe	fouxheinxhe
imperative		—	tu	—	dji / nos	vos	—
	affirmative		seuy		seuyans	seuyoz