ese
English
Etymology 1
From Mexican Spanish ése (“dude”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɛˌseɪ/
- Rhymes: -ɛseɪ
- Homophone: essay
Noun
ese (plural eses)
- (US) dude, man. (Usually used vocatively).
Etymology 2
Cf. ease.
Noun
ese (plural eses)
- (obsolete) Ease; pleasure.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for ese in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Anagrams
- SEE, See, ees, see
Basque
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /es̺e/, [e̞.s̺e̞]
Noun
ese inan
- The name of the Latin-script letter S.
Declension
Declension of ese (inanimate, ending in vowel) | |||
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indefinite | singular | plural | |
absolutive | ese | esea | eseak |
ergative | esek | eseak | eseek |
dative | eseri | eseari | eseei |
genitive | eseren | esearen | eseen |
comitative | eserekin | esearekin | eseekin |
causative | eserengatik | esearengatik | eseengatik |
benefactive | eserentzat | esearentzat | eseentzat |
instrumental | esez | eseaz | eseez |
inessive | esetan | esean | eseetan |
locative | esetako | eseko | eseetako |
allative | esetara | esera | eseetara |
terminative | esetaraino | eseraino | eseetaraino |
directive | esetarantz | eserantz | eseetarantz |
destinative | esetarako | eserako | eseetarako |
ablative | esetatik | esetik | eseetatik |
partitive | eserik | — | — |
prolative | esetzat | — | — |
See also
- (Latin-script letter names) a, be, ze, de, e, efe, ge, hatxe, i, jota, ka, ele, eme, ene, eñe, o, pe, ku, erre, ese, te, u, uve, uve bikoitz, ixa, i greko, zeta
Chuukese
Etymology
e- + -se
Pronoun
ese
- he, she, it does not
Adjective
ese
- he, she, it is not
- he, she, it was not
Related terms
Present and past tense | Negative tense | Future | Negative future | Distant future | Negative determinate | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | First person | ua | use | upwe | usap | upwap | ute |
Second person | ka, ke | kose, kese | kopwe, kepwe | kosap, kesap | kopwap, kepwap | kote, kete | |
Third person | a | ese | epwe | esap | epwap | ete | |
Plural | First 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 | oua | ouse | oupwe | ousap | oupwap | oute | |
Third person | ra, re | rese | repwe | resap | repwap | rete |
Estonian
Etymology
Allegedly coined ex nihilo by Johannes Aavik in the 20th century, but compare Finnish esine.
Noun
ese (genitive eseme, partitive eset)
- object, thing, item
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | ese | esemed |
accusative | eseme | esemed |
genitive | eseme | 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
- asi
- objekt
Galician
Etymology
From Old Portuguese [Term?], from Latin [Term?].
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈesɪ/
Determiner
ese m (feminine singular esa, masculine plural eses, feminine plural esas, neuter iso)
- that
Further reading
- “ese” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Karitiâna
Noun
ese
- water
References
- Number and the mass/count distinction in Karitiana
Latin
Participle
ēse
- vocative masculine singular of ēsus
Middle English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old French aise, eise.
Alternative forms
- eyse, eise, ase, ayse, aise, yese
Noun
ese
- Physical comfort, or that which is conducive thereto.
- Material prosperity; profit.
- Good health.
- 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.
- For if hevene be on this erthe, and ese to any soule,
- 1370-90, William Langland, Piers Plowman
- Enjoyment, pleasure, delight.
- Ease, facility.
- 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, January 2018:
- […] 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.
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- The mitigation or alleviation of discomfort, burden or suffering.
- (law) The right to utilize the property of a neighbour for certain ends; easement.
Synonyms
- (comfort): esynesse
- (ease): facilite
Descendants
- English: ease
References
- “ese, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 6 August 2018.
Adjective
ese
- Alternative form of eise
Northern Paiute
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /isi/ or IPA(key): /iʃi/
Noun
ese
- 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)
- (intransitive) to swell, seethe, ferment
- (intransitive, by extension) to grow larger
- (impersonal) to devolve, be stirred, riled up
- Synonym: ulme
Derived terms
- (with particle): ese opp; ese ut
Related terms
- ase
- jest, jester
References
- “ese” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Pohnpeian
Verb
ese
- (transitive) to know
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈese/ [ˈe.se]
Audio (Spain) (file) - Rhymes: -ese
- Syllabification: e‧se
Noun
ese f (plural eses)
- The name of the Latin-script letter S.
Etymology 2
From Latin ipse.
Determiner
ese m sg (plural esos, feminine esa, feminine plural esas)
- (demonstrative) that
- Synonym: (poetic or archaic) aquese
Interjection
ese
- (Mexico, informal) hello
Pronoun
ese m (feminine esa, neuter eso, masculine plural esos, feminine plural esas, neuter plural esos)
- (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.
See also
nominative | dative | accusative | disjunctive | ||||
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first person | singular | yo | me | mí1 | |||
plural | masculine2 | nosotros | nos | nosotros | |||
feminine | nosotras | nosotras | |||||
second person | singular | tuteo | tú | te | ti1 | ||
voseo | vos | vos | |||||
formal3 | usted | le, se4 | lo/la5 | usted | |||
plural | familiar6 | masculine2 | vosotros | os | vosotros | ||
feminine | vosotras | vosotras | |||||
formal/general3 | ustedes | les, se4 | los/las5 | ustedes | |||
third person | singular | masculine2 | él | le, se4 | lo | él | |
feminine | ella | la | ella | ||||
neuter | ello7 | lo | ello | ||||
plural | masculine2 | ellos | les, se4 | los | ellos | ||
feminine | ellas | las | ellas | ||||
reflexive | — | se | sí1 |
- Not used with con; conmigo, contigo, and consigo are used instead, respectively
- Like other masculine Spanish words, masculine Spanish pronouns can be used when the gender of the subject is unknown or when the subject is plural and of mixed gender.
- Treated as if it were third-person for purposes of conjugation and reflexivity
- If le or les precedes lo, la, los, or las in a clause, it is replaced with se (e.g., Se lo dije instead of Le lo dije)
- Depending on the implicit gender of the object being referred to
- Used primarily in Spain
- Used only in rare circumstances
Further reading
- “ese”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Yoruba
![](Images/wiktionary/Hippopotamus.jpg.webp)
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ē.sé/
Noun
esé
- (rare) hippopotamus
- Synonym: erinmi
Etymology 2
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Pronunciation
IPA(key): /è.sē/
Noun
èse
- (rare) cat
- Synonyms: ológbò, ológìní, músù
- irọ́ ni, ẹ̀yìn èse kì í kanlẹ̀ ― It is impossible, a cat can never land on its back
Etymology 3
From è- (“nominalizing prefix”) + sè (“To dye, to paint”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /è.sè/
Noun
èsè
- purple dye, purple paint
- ó sè é ní èsè ― She dyed it purple
Derived terms
- elésè-àlùkò (“purple”)
- èsè-àtúfà (“Pergularia daemia”)
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /è.sè/
Noun
èsè
- provision
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ē.sè/
Noun
esè
- shea butter
- Synonym: òrí
Etymology 6
![](Images/wiktionary/Yellow_yam_at_Asian_supermarket_in_New_Jersey.jpg.webp)
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /è.sè/
Noun
èsè
- (Ijebu) yellow yam, dioscorea cayenensis
- Synonym: àgọ́ndọ̀n-ọ́n (Ijebu)
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /è.sè/
Noun
èsè
- (Ijebu) yellow