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essay

English

Etymology 1

Since late 16th century, borrowed from Middle French essay, essai (essay), meaning coined by Montaigne in the same time, from the same words in earlier meanings 'experiment; assay; attempt', from Old French essay, essai, assay, assai, from Latin exagium (weight; weighing, testing on the balance), from exigere + -ium.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /???se?/
  • Rhymes: -?se?

Noun

essay (plural essays)

  1. (authorship) A written composition of moderate length, exploring a particular issue or subject.
  2. (obsolete) A test, experiment; an assay.
  3. (now rare) An attempt.
    • 1988, James McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom, Oxford 2003, p. 455:
      This was Lee's first essay in the kind of offensive-defensive strategy that was to become his hallmark.
  4. (philately, finance) A proposed design for a postage stamp or a banknote.
Derived terms
  • photo essay
Related terms
  • assay
  • essayist
  • essayistic
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle French essayer, essaier, from Old French essaiier, essayer, essaier, assaiier, assayer, assaier, from essay, essai, assay, assai (attempt; assay; experiment) as above.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /??se?/, /???se?/

Verb

essay (third-person singular simple present essays, present participle essaying, simple past and past participle essayed)

  1. (dated, transitive) To try.
  2. (intransitive) To move forth, as into battle.
Translations

Anagrams

  • Sayes, Seays, Sesay, eyass

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English essay (essay), from Middle French essai (essay; attempt, assay), from Old French essai, from Latin exagium (whence the neuter gender).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??se?/, /??.se?/
  • Hyphenation: es?say
  • Rhymes: -e?

Noun

essay n (plural essays, diminutive essaytje n)

  1. essay

Hypernyms

  • betoog

Derived terms

  • essayist

Descendants

  • ? Indonesian: esai

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from English essay, from Middle French essai.

Noun

essay n (definite singular essayet, indefinite plural essay or essayer, definite plural essaya or essayene)

  1. an essay, a written composition of moderate length exploring a particular subject

Derived terms

  • essaysamling

References

  • “essay” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from English essay, from Middle French essai.

Noun

essay n (definite singular essayet, indefinite plural essay, definite plural essaya)

  1. an essay, a written composition of moderate length exploring a particular subject

Derived terms

  • essaysamling

References

  • “essay” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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festschrift

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Festschrift, from Fest (celebration; festival) +? Schrift (writing (work of an author)).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?f?st????ft/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /?f?s(t)????ft/
  • Hyphenation: fest?schrift

Noun

festschrift (plural festschrifts or festschriften)

  1. A collection of articles, essays, etc., published together as a memorial or tribute to an academic or some other respected person. [from late 19th c.]
    Synonym: liber amicorum

Usage notes

The word is often written as Festschrift (plural Festschriften) following the German orthography.

Alternative forms

  • Festschrift

Translations

See also

  • Gedenkschrift (a festschrift presented posthumously)
  • memorial
  • retrospective
  • tribute

Further reading

  • festschrift on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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