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English

Etymology 1

From Mexican Spanish ése (“dude”).

Noun

ese (plural eses)

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

Etymology 2

c.f. ease.

Noun

ese (plural eses)

1. (obsolete) Ease; pleasure.

Anagrams

• ees, see

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.s?e/

Noun

ese inan

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

Declension

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

1. he, she, it does not

Adjective

ese

1. he, she, it is not
2. he, she, it was not

Related terms

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, that

Declension

See also

• asi
• eesmärk
• objekt
• sihitis

Karitiâna

Noun

ese

1. water

References

• Number and the mass/count distinction in Karitiana

Latin

Participle

?se

1. vocative masculine singular of ?sus

Middle English

Etymology 1

Adjective

ese

1. Alternative form of eise

Etymology 2

From Old French aise, eise.

Alternative forms

• eyse, eise, ase, ayse, aise, yese

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.

5. Enjoyment, pleasure, delight.
6. Ease, facility.
7. The opportunity by which something is possible; means, ability.
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

• (comfort): esynesse
• (ease): facilite

Descendants

• English: ease

References

• “ese, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 6 August 2018.

Northern Paiute

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /isi/ or IPA^(key): /i?i/

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 *j?sijan?.

Verb

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

Related terms

• ase
• jest, jester

References

• “ese” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Pohnpeian

Verb

ese

1. (transitive) to know

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ese/, [?e.se]

Etymology 1

Noun

ese f (plural eses)

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

Etymology 2

From Latin ipse.

Determiner

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

1. (demonstrative) that

Synonyms

• aquese (poetic or archaic)

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.

See also

Further reading

• “ese” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Yoruba

Noun

esé

1. hippopotamus

   Synonym: erinmi

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i?z/
• Homophone: ease

Noun

ees

1. (rare) plural of e, the name of the letter E.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation spelling of is, representing Latino- or French-accented English.

Verb

ees

1. (nonstandard) Alternative spelling of is

Etymology 3

Noun

ees

1. plural of ee

Anagrams

• -ese, ESE, Ese, ese, see

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *ede. Cognates include Finnish esi- and Hungarian el?tt.

Postposition

ees

1. before, in front of

Derived terms

• ees-
• ette
• eest

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e?s/, [?e??s?]
• Rhymes: -e?s
• Syllabification: ees

Adverb

ees

1. (dialectal) Alternative form of edes.

See also

• ees-
• taas