ess

See also: ESS, -ess, ess-, and ëss

English

Alternative forms

Compounds are normally spelled es: es-hook, es-link.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: ĕs, IPA(key): /ɛs/
  • Rhymes: -ɛs

Noun

ess (plural esses)

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

Derived terms

Translations

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Anagrams

Estonian

Noun

ess (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

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

Faroese

Etymology 1

Noun

ess n (genitive singular ess, plural ess)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter S/s.
Declension
n11 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative ess essið ess essini
Accusative ess essið ess essini
Dative essi essinum essum essunum
Genitive ess essins essa essanna

See also

Etymology 2

Noun

ess n (genitive singular ess, plural ess)

  1. (card games) ace
Declension
n11 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative ess essið ess essini
Accusative ess essið ess essini
Dative essi essinum essum essunum
Genitive ess essins essa essanna

Etymology 3

Noun

ess n (genitive singular ess, plural ess)

  1. (music) E-flat
Declension
n11 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative ess essið ess essini
Accusative ess essið ess essini
Dative essi essinum essum essunum
Genitive ess essins essa essanna

German

Verb

ess

  1. (colloquial) First-person singular present of essen.
  2. (colloquial) Imperative singular of essen.

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛsː/
  • Rhymes: -ɛsː

Noun

ess n (genitive singular ess, nominative plural ess)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter S/s.
  2. (music) bocal (on a bassoon)
  3. (poetic) horse

Declension

Norwegian Bokmål

Spar ess (ace of spades)

Etymology

From Latin as, via Middle Low German es

Noun

ess n (definite singular esset, indefinite plural ess, definite plural essa or essene)

  1. an ace (playing card; or someone very proficient)

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin as, via Middle Low German es

Noun

ess n (definite singular esset, indefinite plural ess, definite plural essa)
ess m (definite singular essen, indefinite plural essar, definite plural essane)

  1. an ace (as above)

References

Old Irish

Noun

ess

  1. Alternative form of es (“cataract, rapid”) m
  2. Alternative form of es (“vessel”) n
  3. Alternative form of es (“death”)
  4. Alternative form of es (“ox”)

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
ess unchanged n-ess
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Swedish

Alternative forms

  • äss (meanings 1 and 2 below)

Pronunciation

  • Homophone: S

Noun

ess n

  1. ace; a card with one mark
  2. ace; someone very proficient
  3. (music) E-flat

Declension

Declension of ess 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative ess esset ess essen
Genitive ess essets ess essens

Võro

Noun

ess (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

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

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Yola

Noun

ess

  1. ass (donkey)

References

  • J. Poole W. Barnes, A Glossary, with Some Pieces of Verse, of the Old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy (1867)
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