esses

See also: êsses, -esses, and Esses

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛsəz/

Noun

esses

1. plural of es
2. plural of ess
   • 1998, Ricardo Corona, "These Esses" ("Esses esses"), in Other Shores (Outras Praias), translated by Ricardo Corona & Charles Perrone

     a digraph suffices / and there sit / the esses

3. plural of esse
4. (motor racing, usually in the plural) A sequence of winding turns.

Verb

esses

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ess

Anagrams

• SSEES

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈe.səs]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈe.ses]

Noun

esses

1. plural of essa
2. (Valencia) plural of esse

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛs/

Noun

esses m

1. plural of esse

Latin

Etymology 1

Form of the verb sum (“I am”).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

essēs

1. second-person singular imperfect active subjunctive of sum

Etymology 2

Form of the verb edō (“I eat”).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

ēssēs

1. second-person singular imperfect active subjunctive of edō

Synonyms

• ederēs

References

• “esses”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈe.sis/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈe.sis/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈe.siʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ses/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈe.sɨʃ/

Determiner

esses

1. masculine plural of esse

Pronoun

esses

1. masculine plural of esse

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.sis/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.sis/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.siʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ses/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.sɨʃ/

Noun

esses m

1. plural of esse