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ess en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈɛs/
  • ĕs

Meanings

  1. The name of the Latin script letter S/s.
    • I have drunk en-ee-cee-tee-ay-ar from the ef-ell-oh-doubleyou-ee-ar-ess in his gee-ay-ar-dee-ee-en many a time. 2004, Will Rogers, The Stonking Steps, page 170:
    • 1998, Ricardo Corona, "These Esses" ("Eses esses"), in Other Shores (Outras Praias), translated by Ricardo Corona & Charles Perrone these esses / change in design / and senses themselves / $ // it's as if / the ess / were the sounds / of success
  2. Something shaped like the letter S. (See esses)

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
esses Number=Plur lexicographic
es alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

collar of esses · short ess · long ess · ess-hook · de-ess

Translations (42)

nb ess (name of the letter S, s) · fi äs (name of the letter S, s) · fr esse (name of the letter S, s) · la es (name of the letter S, s) · vi sờ (name of the letter S, s) · da es (name of the letter S, s) · ko 에스 (name of the letter S, s) · es ese (name of the letter S, s) · nl es (name of the letter S, s) · tl ese (name of the letter S, s) · ga eas (name of the letter S, s) · eo so (name of the letter S, s) · tl es (name of the letter S, s) · id es (name of the letter S, s) · mr एस (name of the letter S, s) · io se (name of the letter S, s) · el ες (name of the letter S, s) · ms es (name of the letter S, s) · ga sail (name of the letter S, s) · cy ès (name of the letter S, s) · hi एस (name of the letter S, s) · ar إِس (name of the letter S, s) · cs esko (name of the letter S, s) · tr se (name of the letter S, s) · ast ese (name of the letter S, s) · nn ess (name of the letter S, s) · vi xờ nặng (name of the letter S, s) · fo ess (name of the letter S, s) · vi ét (name of the letter S, s) · gl ese (name of the letter S, s) · pt esse (name of the letter S, s) · bg ес (name of the letter S, s) · ja エス (name of the letter S, s) · tl sa (Abakada) (name of the letter S, s) · vi xờ mạnh (name of the letter S, s) · fi ässä (name of the letter S, s) · bn এস (name of the letter S, s) · ca essa (name of the letter S, s) · ru эс (name of the letter S, s) · haw(name of the letter S, s) · oc èssa (name of the letter S, s) · th เอส (name of the letter S, s)

Source: en.wiktionary, “ess” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

ess en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈɛs/
  • ĕs

Meanings

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

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
es alternative lexicographic
essing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
essed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
essed Tense=Past lexicographic
esses Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Hypernyms

wind

Source: en.wiktionary, “ess” (verb), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

ess en · PART · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈɛs/
  • ĕs

Meanings

  1. (Cornwall, dialectal) Yes.
    • Overheard in Cornwall: 'Oh, ess, diden' ee know I gived up keepin' ducks? They wus allus comin' 'ome lost'. 1951, John William Robertson Scott, The Countryman (page 64)
    • 'Big chap, edn' 'a?' I thought he was the biggest chap I had ever seen. 'Ess,' said Corin. 1898, The Cornish Magazine, volume 1, page 64: