Galician edit

Etymology edit

Attested since the 15th century. Learned borrowing from Latin essentia.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

esencia f (plural esencias)

  1. essence
    • 1414, Clarinda de A. Maia, editor, História do galego-português, Coimbra: I.N.I.C, page 99:
      Deus Padre et Fillo et Spiritu Santo, treſ perſonas en hũa eſſençia deujnal
      God, Father and Son and Holy Ghost, three persons in a single divine essence

References edit

  • essenç” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • esencia” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • esencia” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Slovak edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

esencia f (genitive singular esencie, nominative plural esencie, genitive plural esencií, declension pattern of ulica)

  1. essence

Declension edit

Further reading edit

  • esencia”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

From Latin essentia.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /eˈsenθja/ [eˈsẽn̟.θja]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /eˈsensja/ [eˈsẽn.sja]
  • (Spain) Rhymes: -enθja
  • (Latin America) Rhymes: -ensja
  • Syllabification: e‧sen‧cia

Noun edit

esencia f (plural esencias)

  1. essence
  2. gist

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