essencial
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin essentiālis, from esse (“to be”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -al
Adjective
essencial m or f (masculine and feminine plural essencials)
- essential (of great importance)
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Further reading
- “essencial” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “essencial”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “essencial” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “essencial” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin essentiālis, from Latin essentia (“being, essence”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /e.sẽ.siˈaw/ [e.sẽ.sɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /e.sẽˈsjaw/ [e.sẽˈsjaʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /i.sẽˈsjal/ [i.sẽˈsjaɫ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /i.sẽˈsja.li/
- Rhymes: -al, -aw
- Hyphenation: es‧sen‧ci‧al
Derived terms
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Further reading
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