different between sess vs ness
sess
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)
- (obsolete, transitive) To lay a tax upon; to assess.
Noun
sess (plural sesses)
- (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
- (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)
- place to sit, seat
- Synonym: sæti
Declension
Maltese
Etymology
From Italian sesso.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s?s/
Noun
sess m (plural sessi)
- gender
- 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)
- seat
- 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)
- seat
- milking stool
- 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)
- seat
Descendants
References
- sess in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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ness
English
Etymology
From Middle English nesse (in placenames), from Old English ness, næss, from Proto-Germanic *nasj? (“promontory; ness”); cognate with Middle Low German nes, Icelandic nes, Swedish näs, Danish næs. Related to nose.
Pronunciation
- enPR: n?s, IPA(key): /n?s/
- Rhymes: -?s
Noun
ness (plural nesses)
- (geography) A promontory; a cape or headland. (Frequently used as a suffix in placenames.)
- 1958: Eric Rücker Eddison, Zimiamvian Trilogy, volume 3: “The Mezentian Gate”, page 177 (Elek Bks.)
- Velvraz Sebarm stands upon the lake, among orange-trees and pomegranates and almonds and peaches of the south, a mile north-west over the water from Zayana town, and two miles by land: an old castle built of honey-coloured marble at the tip of a long sickle-shaped ness that sweeps round southwards, with wild gardens running down in the rocks to the water’s edge, and behind the castle a wood of holm-oaks making a wind-break against the north.
- 1958: Eric Rücker Eddison, Zimiamvian Trilogy, volume 3: “The Mezentian Gate”, page 177 (Elek Bks.)
Derived terms
- Little Ness
Translations
See also
- Nes
- Ness
- naze
References
- ness in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- The Collins English Dictionary, Collins, London & Glasgow 1986
Anagrams
- ESNs, NSSE, SE SN, SNES, Sens, Sens., sens
Vilamovian
Etymology
Cognate with German Nässe
Noun
ness f (plural nessa)
- rainy weather
- wetness
Related terms
- nessa
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