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English

Alternative forms

• cess

Etymology

Aphetic form of assess.

Verb

sess (third-person singular simple present sesses, present participle sessing, simple past and past participle sessed)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To lay a tax upon; to assess.

Noun

sess (plural sesses)

1. (obsolete) A tax; an assessment.

References

• sess in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

German Low German

Alternative forms

• söß, söss, soss

Etymology

From Middle Low German ses, from Old Saxon sehs. Compare German sechs, Dutch zes.

Numeral

sess

1. (Low Prussian) six (6)

See also

• Plautdietsch: sass

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse sess, from Proto-Germanic *sessaz (“seat”). Cognate with Old English sess (“seat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?s?/

  Rhymes: -?s?

Noun

sess m (genitive singular sess, nominative plural sessar)

1. place to sit, seat

   Synonym: sæti

Declension

Maltese

Etymology

From Italian sesso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?s/

Noun

sess m (plural sessi)

1. gender
2. sex (sexual intercourse)

Derived terms

Related terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse sess, from Proto-Germanic *sessaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sedstós. Related to sitte.

Noun

sess m (definite singular sessen, indefinite plural sesser, definite plural sessene)

1. seat
2. rear, back, end

Derived terms

• være tung i sessen

References

• “sess” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “sess” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse sess, from Proto-Germanic *sessaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sedstós. Related to sitja.

Noun

sess m (definite singular sessen, indefinite plural sessar, definite plural sessane)

1. seat
2. milking stool
3. rear, back, end

Derived terms

• tung i sessen

Synonyms

• (seat): sete, sitjeplass
• (milking stool): mjølkekrakk

References

• “sess” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sessaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sedstós.

Noun

sess m (genitive sess, plural sessar)

1. seat

Descendants

References

• sess in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

English

Alternative forms

• es

Pronunciation

• enPR: ?s, IPA^(key): /?s/
• Rhymes: -?s

Noun

ess (plural esses)

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

Derived terms

• collar of esses
• de-ess

Translations

Usage notes

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

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) letter; a, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, gee, aitch, i, jay, kay, el, em, en, o, pee, cue, ar, ess, tee, u, vee, double-u, ex, wye, zee / zed

Verb

ess (third-person singular simple present esses, present participle essing, simple past and past participle essed)

1. To move in a changing direction, forming the shape of a letter S.

Hypernyms

• wind

Translations

Anagrams

• -ses, SES, SEs, SSE

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German esche, asche, from Old High German asc, from Proto-Germanic *askaz (“ash tree”). Cognate with German Esche, English ash.

Noun

ess m (plural ésse)

1. (Sette Comuni) ash (tree)

Declension

References

• “ess” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Estonian

Noun

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

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

Faroese

Etymology 1

Noun

ess n (genitive singular ess, plural ess)

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

Declension

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) bókstavur; a / fyrra a, á, be, de, edd, e, eff, ge, há, i / fyrra i, í / fyrra í, jodd, ká, ell, emm, enn, o, ó, pe, err, ess, te, u, ú, ve, seinna i, seinna í, seinna a, ø

Etymology 2

Noun

ess n (genitive singular ess, plural ess)

1. (card games) ace

Declension

Etymology 3

Noun

ess n (genitive singular ess, plural ess)

1. (music) E-flat

Declension

German

Verb

ess

1. (colloquial) first-person singular present of essen
2. (colloquial) singular imperative of essen

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [????]
• Hyphenation: ess
• Rhymes: -???

Etymology 1

esik +? -j

Alternative forms

• essél

Verb

ess

1. second-person singular subjunctive present indefinite of esik

Etymology 2

Noun

ess

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

Declension

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) bet?; a, á, bé, cé, csé, dé, dzé, dzsé, e, é, eff, gé, gyé, há, i, í, jé, ká, ell, ellipszilon / ejj, emm, enn, enny, o, ó, ö, ?, pé, kú, err, ess, essz, té, tyé, u, ú, ü, ?, vé, dupla vé / vevé, iksz, ipszilon, zé, zsé. (See also: Latin script letters.)

Further reading

• ess in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?/
• Rhymes: -?s?

Noun

ess n (genitive singular ess, nominative plural ess)

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

Declension

Norwegian Bokmål

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

• “ess” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Latin as, via Middle Low German es.

Noun

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

2. (card games) an ace
3. (idiomatic) a high-performing] athlete

Usage notes

• Prior to a revision in 2019, this noun was also considered grammatically masculine. The forms essen, essar, and essane were then made obsolete.

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• Ess (alternative capitalization)

Noun

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

2. (music) E-flat

References

• “ess” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• -ess, ses

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

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

Anagrams

• ses

Võro

Noun

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

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

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English asse, from Old English assa.

Noun

ess

1. ass (donkey)

References

• Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN