essa

See also: Essa, essä, and -essa

Catalan

Noun

essa f (plural esses)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter S.
  2. A shape or direction of movement that mimics the letter S.

Dupaningan Agta

Numeral

essa

  1. one

Italian

Etymology

From Latin ipsam, the accusative of ipsa, feminine singular of ipse.[1]

Pronoun

essa f (plural esse)

  1. (literary) it, she, her
    Synonyms: lei, ella (literary), questa, quella

See also
Italian personal pronouns (alternate)
Number Person Gender Nominative Reflexive Accusative Dative Locative Genitive Disjunctive
Singularthirdm esso1, egli, elli3si, s'lo, l'gli vi, v' ne, n'esso, sé
f essa, ella, Ella2la, l'le, ella3 essa, sé
Pluralthirdm essi, eglino3, ellino3, elli3si, s'liloro vi, v' ne, n'essi, sé
f esse, elle3, elleno3leesse, elle,3 sé
1Refers predominantly to non-humans.
2Highly elevated variant of Lei.
3Archaic.

References
  1. Patota, Giuseppe (2002) Lineamenti di grammatica storica dell'italiano (in Italian), Bologna: il Mulino, →ISBN, page 130

Anagrams

Neapolitan

Etymology

From Latin ipsam, the accusative of ipsa, feminine singular of ipse.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈessə/, /ˈesːə/

Pronoun

éssa

  1. she (nominative)
  2. her (prepositional)

Coordinate terms
NumberPersonNominativeAccusativeDativeReflexivePossessivePrepositional
singular first-person io (i') me mìo, mìa, mieje, meje me, méne
second-person, familiar tu te tùjo, tòja, tùoje, tòje te, téne
second-person, formal vuje ve vuósto, vósta, vuóste, vóste vuje
third-person, masculine ìsso 'o, 'u (lo, lu) 'i, 'e (li, le) se sùjo, sòja, sùoje, sòje ìsso
third-person, feminine éssa 'a (la) 'e (le) éssa
plural first-person nuje ce nuósto, nòsta, nuóste, nòste nuje
second-person, plural vuje ve vuósto, vòsta, vuóste, vòste vuje
third-person, masculine ìsse 'i, 'e (li, le) llòro se llòro (invariable) llòro
third-person, feminine llòro 'e (le)

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

essa n

  1. definite plural of ess

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Noun

essa n or m

  1. definite neuter plural of ess

Old High German

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-.

Noun

essa f

  1. furnace

Descendants
  • Middle High German: esse

Portuguese

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɛ.sɐ/
  • Homophone: Eça
  • Hyphenation: es‧sa

Etymology 1

Form of esse (“this”). From Latin ipsa.

Pronoun

essa

  1. feminine singular of esse
    • 2007, J. K. Rowling, Lya Wyler, Harry Potter e as Relíquias da Morte, Rocco, page 508:
      O senhor realizou extraordinária magia com essa varinha.
      You have done extraordinary magic with that wand.
See also
Portuguese demonstratives (edit)
Pronouns Adverbs
Singular Plural Neuter
Masculine Feminine Masculine Feminine
Proximal X este esta estes estas isto aqui, cá
de + X deste desta destes destas disto daqui
em + X neste nesta nestes nestas nisto —
Medial X esse essa esses essas isso aí
de + X desse dessa desses dessas disso daí
em + X nesse nessa nesses nessas nisso —
Distal X aquele aquela aqueles aquelas aquilo ali, lá
de + X daquele daquela daqueles daquelas daquilo dali
em + X naquele naquela naqueles naquelas naquilo —
a + X àquele àquela àqueles àquelas àquilo
Anaphoric X o a os as — —
de + X do da dos das
em + X no na nos nas
a + X ao à aos às

Etymology 2

From Vulgar Latin *ersa, past participle of ērigēre (“to erect”).

Noun

essa f (plural essas)

  1. catafalque (platform to display or convey a coffin)
    Synonym: catafalco
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