ese

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ese"

English

Etymology 1

From Mexican Spanish ése (dude).

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɛˌseɪ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛseɪ
  • Homophone: essay

Noun

ese (plural eses)

  1. (US) dude, man. (Usually used vocatively).

Etymology 2

Cf. ease.

Noun

ese (plural eses)

  1. Obsolete spelling of ease

References

Anagrams

Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /es̺e/, [e̞.s̺e̞]

Noun

ese inan

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

Declension

See also

Chuukese

Etymology

e- + -se

Pronoun

ese

  1. he, she, it does not

Adjective

ese

  1. he, she, it is not
  2. he, she, it was not
Present and past tense Negative tense Future Negative future Distant future Negative determinate
Singular First person uauseupweusapupwapute
Second person ka, kekose, kesekopwe, kepwekosap, kesapkopwap, kepwapkote, kete
Third person aeseepweesapepwapete
PluralFirst person aua (exclusive)
sia (inclusive)
ause (exclusive)
sise (inclusive)
aupwe (exclusive)
sipwe (inclusive)
ausap (exclusive)
sisap (inclusive)
aupwap (exclusive)
sipwap (inclusive)
aute (exclusive)
site (inclusive)
Second person ouaouseoupweousapoupwapoute
Third person ra, rereserepweresaprepwaprete

Estonian

Etymology

Allegedly coined ex nihilo by Johannes Aavik in the 20th century, but compare Finnish esine.

Noun

ese (genitive eseme, partitive eset)

  1. object, thing, item

Declension

Declension of ese (ÕS type 4/ase, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative ese esemed
accusative nom.
gen. eseme
genitive esemete
partitive eset esemeid
illative esemesse esemetesse
esemeisse
inessive esemes esemetes
esemeis
elative esemest esemetest
esemeist
allative esemele esemetele
esemeile
adessive esemel esemetel
esemeil
ablative esemelt esemetelt
esemeilt
translative esemeks esemeteks
esemeiks
terminative esemeni esemeteni
essive esemena esemetena
abessive esemeta esemeteta
comitative esemega esemetega

See also

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Latin [Term?].

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈesɪ/
  • (file)

Determiner

ese m (feminine singular esa, masculine plural eses, feminine plural esas, neuter iso)

  1. that

Further reading

Karitiâna

Noun

ese

  1. water

References

Latin

Participle

ēse

  1. vocative masculine singular of ēsus

Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French aise, eise.

Alternative forms

Noun

ese

  1. Physical comfort, or that which is conducive thereto.
  2. Material prosperity; profit.
  3. Good health.
  4. Spiritual comfort; equanimity, tranquility.
    • 1370-90, William Langland, Piers Plowman
      For if hevene be on this erthe, and ese to any soule,
      It is in cloistre or in scole.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  5. Enjoyment, pleasure, delight.
  6. Ease, facility.
  7. The opportunity by which something is possible; means, ability.
    • c. 1225, “Feorðe dale: fondunges”, in Ancrene Ƿiſſe (MS. Corpus Christi 402), Herefordshire, published c. 1235, folio 78, verso; republished at Cambridge: Parker Library on the Web, 2018 January:
      [] hƿen þe delit i þe luſt iſ igan ſe ouerforð · þet ter nere nan ƿiðſeggunge ȝef þer ƿere eiſe to fulle þe dede ·
      [] when the delight taken in the craving has gone so far that there will be no denying it if there's any way whatsoever to do it.
  8. The mitigation or alleviation of discomfort, burden or suffering.
  9. (law) The right to utilize the property of a neighbour for certain ends; easement.
Synonyms
Descendants
  • English: ease

References

Adjective

ese

  1. Alternative form of eise

Northern Paiute

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /isi/ or IPA(key): /iʃi/

Noun

ese

  1. light brown-gray

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • esa (a-infinitive)
  • (non-standard since 2012) æsa, æse

Etymology

From Germanic, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *yes- (to well, seethe, foam, ferment). Compare Icelandic æsa, from Proto-Germanic *jōsijaną.

Verb

ese (present tense esar, past tense esa, past participle esa, passive infinitive esast, present participle esande, imperative ese/es)

  1. (intransitive) to swell, seethe, ferment
  2. (intransitive, by extension) to grow larger
  3. (impersonal) to devolve, be stirred, riled up
    Synonym: ulme

Derived terms

  • (with particle): ese opp; ese ut

References

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈeː.se/, [ˈeː.ze]

Noun

ēse

  1. dative singular of ōs

Pohnpeian

Verb

ese

  1. (transitive) to know

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈese/ [ˈe.se]
  • (Castilian)
    Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ese
  • Syllabification: e‧se

Noun

ese f (plural eses)

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

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin ipse.

Determiner

ese m sg (plural esos, feminine esa, feminine plural esas)

  1. (demonstrative) that
    Synonym: (poetic or archaic) aquese

Interjection

ese

  1. (Mexico, informal) hello

Pronoun

ese m (feminine esa, neuter eso, masculine plural esos, feminine plural esas, neuter plural esos)

  1. (demonstrative) Alternative spelling of ése
Usage notes
  • The unaccented form can function as a pronoun if it can be unambiguously deduced as such from context.
Derived terms

See also

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ese, the Spanish name of the letter S/s.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈʔese/ [ˈʔɛ.sɛ]
  • Rhymes: -ese
  • Syllabification: e‧se

Noun

ese (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐᜒ)

  1. (historical) the name of the Latin-script letter S/s, in the Abecedario
    Synonyms: (in the Filipino alphabet) es, (in the Abakada alphabet) sa

Further reading

  • ese”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Yoruba

Esé

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ē.sé/

Noun

esé

  1. (rare) hippopotamus
    Synonym: erinmi

Etymology 2

Èse ọ̀sìn

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /è.sē/

Noun

èse

  1. (rare) cat
    Synonyms: ológbò, ológìní, músù
    irọ́ ni, ẹ̀yìn èse kì í kanlẹ̀It is impossible, a cat can never land on its back

Etymology 3

From è- (nominalizing prefix) + (To dye, to paint).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /è.sè/

Noun

èsè

  1. dye; (in particular) purple dye
    ó sè é ní èsèShe dyed it purple
Derived terms

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /è.sè/

Noun

èsè

  1. provision

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ē.sè/

Noun

esè

  1. (rare) shea butter
    Synonym: òrí

Etymology 6

Èsè rèé nọ́bù

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /è.sè/

Noun

èsè

  1. (Ijebu) yellow yam, dioscorea cayenensis
    Synonym: àgọ́ndọ̀n-ọ́n (Ìjẹ̀bú)
  2. (Ijebu, by extension) yellow
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