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esse

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

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CorsicanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Vulgar Latin *essere, from Latin esse, present active infinitive of sum.

VerbEdit

esse

  1. To be.

ConjugationEdit

    Conjugation of esse (highly irregular, suppletive)
infinitive esse
gerund essendu
past participle statu
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative eiu tu ellu/ella noi voi elli/elle
present sò sì, sè hè simu, semu, semi site, sete, seti sò
imperfect era, eru eri era eramu, erami erate, erati eranu, erani
simple past fubbi fusti fubbe fubbimu fuste fubbenu
future seraghju serai serà seremu serete seramu
subjunctive eiu tu ellu/ella noi voi elli/elle
present sia, sii sia, sie, sii sia, sii siamu, siami siate, siati sianu, siani
imperfect fussi fussi fussi, fusse fussimu, fussimi fussite, fussiti fussinu, fussini
conditional eiu tu ellu/ella noi voi elli/elle
present seria serii seria seriamu seriate serianu
imperative – tu – noi voi –
— sia — siamu siate —

FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

esse m (plural esses)

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

GermanEdit

IngrianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Akin to Finnish este.

NounEdit

esse

  1. obstacle

ItalianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

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

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛs.se/, [ˈɛs̪ːe]
  • Rhymes: -ɛsse
  • Audio
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  • Stress: èsse
  • Hyphenation: es‧se

NounEdit

esse f, m (invariable)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter S/s.; ess
Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Latin ipsae, from ipse.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈes.se/, [ˈes̪ːe]
  • Rhymes: -esse
  • Stress: ésse
  • Hyphenation: es‧se

PronounEdit

esse f pl

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

See alsoEdit

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.

LatinEdit

Etymology 1Edit

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

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

esse

  1. present infinitive of sum

Etymology 2Edit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

ēsse

  1. present active infinitive of edō

ReferencesEdit

NeapolitanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Vulgar Latin *essere, from Latin esse, present active infinitive of sum.

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

esse

  1. to be

Old IrishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

PronounEdit

esse

  1. third-person singular feminine of as

Pennsylvania GermanEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

VerbEdit

esse

  1. to eat

ConjugationEdit

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 esset
3rd person plural esse
imperative ess


PiedmonteseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Vulgar Latin *essere, from Latin esse, present active infinitive of sum.

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

esse

  1. to be

ConjugationEdit

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

PortugueseEdit

Etymology 1Edit

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

Alternative formsEdit

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

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

  2. that (near you)
    Esse chapéu está limpo?
    Is that hat clean?
  4. that; this (indicates something already mentioned or understood from context)
    Esse é o segredo para vencer.
    This is the secret to winning.
  6. (Brazil) this (near me)
    Esse livro é muito bom.
    This book is very good.
QuotationsEdit

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:esse.

SynonymsEdit

See alsoEdit

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 — —

Etymology 2Edit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

esse m (plural esses)

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

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:esse.

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