essa

See also: Essa, essä, èssa, and -essa

Catalan

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Pronunciation

Noun

essa f (plural esses)

  1. The name of the Latin script letter S/s.
  2. ess (a shape or direction of movement that mimics the letter S)

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Corsican

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈes.sa/
  • Hyphenation: es‧sa

Verb

essa

  1. Ultramontane form of esse

Conjugation

References

  • esse, essa” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Dupaningan Agta

Numeral

essa

  1. one

Italian

Etymology

From Latin ipsa, feminine singular of ipse.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈes.sa/
  • Rhymes: -essa
  • Hyphenation: és‧sa

Pronoun

essa f (plural esse)

  1. (uncommon, literary) it, she, her
    Synonyms: lei, (literary) ella, questa, quella

See also

Italian personal pronouns (alternative)
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,
f essa, ella, Ella2 la, l' le essa,
Plural third m essi, eglino3, ellino3, elli3 si, s' li loro vi, v' ne, n' essi,
f esse, elle3, elleno3 le esse, elle3,
1 Refers predominantly to non-humans.
2 Highly elevated variant of Lei.
3 Archaic.

References

  1. ^ Patota, Giuseppe (2002), Lineamenti di grammatica storica dell'italiano (in Italian), Bologna: il Mulino, →ISBN, page 130

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation 1

Participle

ēssa

  1. inflection of ēssus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Pronunciation 2

Participle

ēssā

  1. ablative feminine singular of ēssus

Mòcheno

Etymology

From Middle High German ezzich, from Old High German ezzih, borrowed from Latin acētum with metathesis. Cognate with German Essig.

Noun

essa m

  1. vinegar

References

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin ipsa (she herself, that very one).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈessə/

Pronoun

éssa

  1. she (nominative)
  2. her (prepositional)

Coordinate terms

Neapolitan personal pronouns
nominative accusative dative reflexive possessive prepositional
singular first person io me mìo, mìa, miéje, mèje me, méne
second
person
familiar tu te tùjo, tója, tuóje, tòje te, téne
formal vuje ve vuósto, vòsta, vuóste, vòste vuje
third
person
n ésso 'o (lo) lle se sùjo, sója, suóje, sòje ésso
m ìsso 'o, 'u (lo, lu) lle, lli ìsso
f éssa 'a (la) lle éssa
plural first person nuje nce nuósto, nòsta, nuóste, nòste nuje
second person vuje ve vuósto, vòsta, vuóste, vòste vuje
third
person
n éssa (llòro) 'a (la) lle (llòro) se llòro (invariable) éssa (llòro)
m ìsse (llòro) 'e, 'i (le, li) lle, lli (llòro) ìsse (llòro)
f ésse (llòro) 'e (le) lle (llòro) ésse (llòro)

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

essa n

  1. definite plural of ess

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Noun

essa n or m

  1. definite neuter plural of ess

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *asjō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-.

Noun

essa f

  1. furnace

Descendants

  • Middle High German: esse

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Homophone: Eça
  • Rhymes: -ɛsɐ
  • Hyphenation: es‧sa
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Etymology 1

Form of esse (this). From Latin ipsam.

Determiner

essa

  1. feminine singular of esse

Pronoun

essa

  1. feminine singular of esse
    • 2007, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e as Relíquias da Morte, Rocco, page 508:
      O senhor realizou extraordinária magia com essa varinha.
      You have done extraordinary magic with that wand.
See also
Portuguese demonstratives
pronouns adverbs
singular plural neuter
masculine feminine masculine feminine
proximal X este esta estes estas isto aqui,
de + X deste desta destes destas disto daqui
em + X neste nesta nestes nestas nisto
medial X esse essa esses essas isso
de + X desse dessa desses dessas disso daí
em + X nesse nessa nesses nessas nisso
distal X aquele aquela aqueles aquelas aquilo ali, , 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

From Vulgar Latin *ersa, past participle of ērigēre (to erect).

Noun

essa f (plural essas)

  1. catafalque (platform to display or convey a coffin)
    Synonym: catafalco

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