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es

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Translingual

Etymology 1

Abbreviation of Spanish español

Symbol

(international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Spanish.

Etymology 2

Symbol

(radio slang) a synonym for "and"

English

Etymology 1

Noun

es (plural esses)

Alternative form of ess (the name of the Latin-script letter S/s) in compounds such as "es-hook".

Etymology 2

From e +‎ -s.

Noun

(rare) Alternative form of e's.

Etymology 3

Verb

Pronunciation spelling of is.

Etymology 4

Noun

es (plural eses)

The name of the Cyrillic script letter С / с.

Anagrams

-se, SE, Se., se, se.

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch est, variant of eest, from Middle Dutch eeste (also este).

Noun

es (plural esse)

fireplace
Synonym: vuurherd

Alemannic German

Pronunciation

(Zürich) IPA^(key): /əs/, /ɛs/

Etymology 1

Article

es n

neuter of en: a/an
- 1978, Rolf Lyssy & Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher (transcript):

Declension

Short forms of the dative – eme, ere, eme – are also common.

Etymology 2

From Middle High German ëȥ, from Old High German iȥ, from Proto-Germanic *it. Cognate with German es.

Pronoun

es n

(personal) it

Declension

Aragonese

Pronoun

them (masculine direct object)

Synonyms

Aromanian

Alternative forms

esu, ies, iesu

Etymology

From Latin exeō. Compare Daco-Romanian ieși, ies.

Verb

es first-singular present indicative (third-person singular present indicative easi or ease, past participle ishitã)

to leave, exit, go out
(of the sun, moon) to rise
(figuratively) to defecate

Related terms

ishiri / ishire
ishit
ishitã
ishitor

Bavarian

Etymology 1

Cognate with German es.

Pronoun

it (nominative)
Synonym: des

Usage notes

The usage of es is mainly impersonal. When referring to a noun, the form des is preferred.

Etymology 2

Pronoun

Alternative spelling of eß (“you”, plural)

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin sē.

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /əs/
(Valencia) IPA^(key): /es/

Pronoun

es (proclitic, contracted s', enclitic se, contracted enclitic 's)

himself, herself, itself (direct or indirect object)
oneself (direct or indirect object)
themselves (direct or indirect object)
each other (direct or indirect object)

Usage notes

es is the reinforced (reforçada) form of the pronoun. It is used before verbs beginning with a consonant.

Declension

Etymology 2

From Latin ipse.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /əs/
(Valencia) IPA^(key): /es/

Article

es m sg (feminine sa, masculine plural es, masculine plural sos, feminine plural ses)

(Balearic) the

Usage notes

In Balearic Catalan, es contrasts with el as an obviative article, but is often used in first instance.

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈes]

Noun

plural of e (“the letter E”)

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

'z (Luserna)
is, 's

Etymology

From Middle High German ëz, iz, from Old High German iz, from Proto-West Germanic *it, from Proto-Germanic *it, nominative/accusative singular neuter of *iz. Cognate with German es.

Pronoun

(Sette Comuni) it

Inflection

References

“es” 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

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *es. Compare to Kumyk эс (es), etc.

Noun

mind, consciousness

References

https://classes.ru/all-crtatar/dictionary-crtatar-russian-cyr-term-14128.htm

Czech

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈɛs]

Noun

es n (indeclinable)

The name of the Latin-script letter S/s.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈɛs]

Noun

es n

inflection of eso:
1. genitive singular
2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Danish

Noun

es n (singular definite esset, plural indefinite esser)

(card games) ace
Jeg har alle esserne.
I have all the aces.

Declension

Dutch

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch essche, from Old Dutch *aska, from Proto-West Germanic *ask, from Proto-Germanic *askaz, *askiz.

Compare West Frisian esk, English ash, German Esche, Danish ask, compare Welsh onnen, Latin ornus (“wild mountain ash”), Lithuanian úosis, Russian ясень (jasenʹ), Albanian ah (“beech”), Ancient Greek ὀξύα (oxúa, “beech”), Old Armenian հացի (hacʻi, “ash tree”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛs/
Hyphenation: es
Rhymes: -ɛs
Homophone: Esch

Noun

es m (plural essen, diminutive esje n)

ash, ash tree, Fraxinus excelsior
ash, any tree of the genus Fraxinus

Alternative forms

esch (obsolete)

Derived terms

esdoorn
eslook
essenstoof

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛs/
Hyphenation: es
Rhymes: -ɛs

Noun

es m (plural essen, diminutive esje n)

(music) E-flat

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /əs/, /ɪs/
Hyphenation: es

Adverb

(informal, dialectal) Alternative form of eens (“once”)
Kom es hier ― Come over here (for a second).

Etymology 4

From Middle Dutch esche, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *atiska-. More at German Esch, Gothic 𐌰𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌺 (atisk).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛs/
Hyphenation: es
Rhymes: -ɛs

Noun

es m (plural essen, diminutive esje n)

a tract of open, often raised agricultural land near or surrounding a village or hamlet
Synonym: enk

Alternative forms

esch (obsolete)

Finnish

Etymology

From German Es (German key notation).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈes/, [ˈe̞s̠]
Rhymes: -es
Hyphenation^(key): es

Noun

(music) E-flat

Usage notes

Capitalized for the great octave or any octave below that, or in names of major keys; not capitalized for the small octave or any octave above that, or in names of minor keys.

Declension

Derived terms

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛ/, (in liaison) /ɛ.z‿/ ~ /e.z‿/
Rhymes: -ɛ
Homophones: ai, aie, aies, aient, ait, est, hais, hait

Verb

second-person singular present indicative of être

Anagrams

SE, se

Fuyug

Noun

es (plural esing)

child

References

Robert L. Bradshaw, Fuyug grammar sketch (2007)

Galician

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛs/

Verb

second-person singular present indicative of ser

German

Alternative forms

's (chiefly informal or poetic)
-'s

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛs/

Etymology 1

From Middle High German ëz, from Old High German iz, from Proto-Germanic *it. Compare English it.

Pronoun

es n

nominative and accusative neuter third-person singular personal pronoun
Wo ist das Buch? Es liegt auf dem Tisch. () ― Where's the book? It’s on the table.

Wo ist das Kind? Ich habe es. ― Where is the child? I have it.

Welche Farbe hat das Pferd? Es ist weiß. () ― What color is the horse? It is white.

Ich bemerkte ein merkwürdiges bärtiges Individuum und beschloss, es im Auge zu behalten. () ― I remarked a strange bearded individual and decided to keep an eye on him.

Das Mädchen wusste nicht, dass es beobachtet wurde. () ― The girl didn’t know that she was being observed.

Jedes Vorstandsmitglied kann das Wort ergreifen, wenn es dies wünscht. () ― Any board member may take the floor if they so wish.
Impersonal pronoun used to refer to statements, activities, the environment etc., or as a placeholder/dummy pronoun — it
Das kann es nicht geben. () ― This is nothing that could possibly exist.

Sie begann zu laufen, und ich tat es auch. ― She started to run, and so did I. (literally, “She began to run, and I did it also.”)

Es war einmal eine schöne Prinzessin. () ― There was once a beautiful princess.

Es ist gut zu leben! () ― It's good to be alive!

Es regnet. () ― It’s raining.

Es ist sicher, dass morgen die Sonne scheinen wird. () ― It's certain that the sun will shine tomorrow.

Wie geht es dir? () ― How are you doing?

Ich bin es, Michael. () ― It's me, Michael.

Es spielt das Fernsehorchester. () ― The television orchestra is playing.

Sie wird es noch weit bringen. () ― She is going to go far.

Usage notes

As a pronoun referring to people who are grammatically neutral, it is sometimes considered old-fashioned or dated to insist on using the neutral es instead of er/sie, especially for Mädchen, in spoken language, and when there is a large distance between when the person is introduced and when the corresponding pronoun is used.
In a small and closed set of phrases, es continues a Middle High German ës which was the genitive of ëz: Ich bin es müde ‘I am tired of it’.
In the colloquial speech of some areas, this pronoun is fully replaced with the demonstrative pronoun das, with which it shares the unstressed reduction /s/. This reflects a similar development for sie/die, but predates it.

Declension

Derived terms

Es
-'s
by the German spelling reform of 1996: gehts, nimms, wenns

Etymology 2

Article

es n

(regional, colloquial) Alternative form of das

Usage notes

The contracted form 's is more common, but es is also frequently heard.

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese este. Cognate with Kabuverdianu es.

Pronoun

this

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /əs, es/

Pronoun

Inflection

Icelandic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛːs/
Rhymes: -ɛːs

Noun

es n (genitive singular ess, nominative plural es)

(music) E flat

Declension

Related terms

e
eses
as
ces
des
fes
ges

Ido

Etymology

By assimilation with English is, French es, Italian essere, Spanish es.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɛs/

Verb

Apocopic form of esas
Me es hike pro ke lu volis lo. ― I am here because he wanted me here.

Indonesian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɛs/, [ˈɛs]
Rhymes: -ɛs, -s
Hyphenation: ès

Etymology 1

From Dutch ijs, from Middle Dutch ijs, from Old Dutch *īs, from Proto-Germanic *īsą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH-.

Noun

ès (plural es-es, first-person possessive esku, second-person possessive esmu, third-person possessive esnya)

Alternative forms

ais (Malaysia, Singapore)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Dutch es

Noun

ès

The name of the Latin-script letter S/s.

Interlingua

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /es/

Verb

present indicative of esser: is, are, am

Kabuverdianu

Etymology 1

From Portuguese eles.

Pronoun

they

Etymology 2

From Portuguese este.

Pronoun

this

Latgalian

Alternative forms

(archaic) as

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *ēź, from Proto-Indo-European *eǵ. Cognates include Latvian es and Lithuanian aš.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈæs]
Hyphenation: es

Pronoun

Declension

References

Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 35

Latin

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /es/, [ɛs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /es/, [ɛs]

Noun

es f (indeclinable)

The name of the letter S.

Usage notes

Multiple Latin names for the letter S, s have been suggested. The most common is es or a syllabic s, although there is some evidence which also supports, as names for the letter, sē, sss, əs, sə, and even (in the fourth- or fifth-century first Antinoë papyrus, which gives Greek transliterations of the Latin names of the Roman alphabet’s letters) ισσε (isse).

Coordinate terms

(Latin-script letter names) littera; ā, bē, cē, dē, ē, ef, gē, hā / *acca, ī, kā, el, em, en, ō, pē, kū, er, es, tē, ū, ix / īx / ex, ȳ / ī graeca / ȳpsīlon, zēta

References

es in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Arthur E. Gordon, The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet (University of California Press, 1973; volume 9 of University of California Publications: Classical Studies), especially pages 30–31, 42–44, and 63

Etymology 2

From Proto-Italic *es, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ési.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /es/, [ɛs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /es/, [ɛs]

Verb

second-person singular present active indicative of sum ("you are") (singular)
second-person singular present active imperative of sum ("be!")

Etymology 3

Form of the verb edō (“I eat”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /eːs/, [eːs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /es/, [ɛs]

Verb

ēs

second-person singular present active indicative/imperative of edō

Synonyms

edis

Latvian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *ēź-, from Proto-Indo-European *eǵ (from *éǵh₂). The non-nominative forms derive from Proto-Indo-European dependent stem *me- (the a instead of e in the Baltic languages appears to result from Iranian influence): reduplicated *me-me- → *mene → Proto-Baltic genitive/accusative *mane → *manen (by analogy with other accusatives) → *manens (by analogy with other genitives) → genitive manis, while *manen → accusative mani. Dative man comes from an older *mani. Instrumental variant manim imitates the nominal i-stem paradigm. Cognates include Lithuanian aš (archaic eš), Old Prussian es, as, Sudovian as, Proto-Slavic *(j)azъ (Old Church Slavonic азъ (azŭ), Old East Slavic ꙗзъ (jazŭ), Belarusian, Ukrainian, Russian я (ja), Bulgarian аз (az), Czech já (from jaz), Polish ja (from jaz)), Proto-Germanic *ekan, *ek (Gothic 𐌹𐌺 (ik), Old Norse ek, Old High German ih, German ich, Old English ic, English I), Hittite [script needed] (uk), Sanskrit अहम् (ahám), Avestan 𐬀𐬰𐬆𐬨 (azəm), Ancient Greek ἐγώ (egṓ), Latin ego, Ossetian ӕз (æz).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɛs]

Pronoun

es (personal, 1st person singular)

I; first person pronoun, referring to the speaker
Es te dzīvoju. ― I live here.

Viņš mani sastapa ceļā. ― He met me on the road.

Atnāc pie manis! ― Come to me (to my place)!

Nāc ar mani dejot! ― Come dance with me!

Man nav laika. ― I don't have time. (lit. There is no time to me.)

Usage notes

The dative form manim is used only optionally, with prepositions.

Declension

Related terms

manējs

Noun

es m (invariable)

I, ego (the essence of a person)
mans es ― my I, my ego

Runātājs izcēla savu es. ― The speaker highlighted his I, his ego.

Briesmīgi nezināt nekā un just tikai sevi, savu es. ― It is terrible to know and feel nothing except oneself, one's I.

Cilvēks var pierādīt savu vērtību, apliecināt savu “es” tikai darbā. ― A person can prove their worth, testify their “I”, only in (their) work.

Etymology 2

A cross-linguistically frequent way of naming this sound, and the respective letter.

Noun

es m (invariable)

The Latvian name of the Latin script letter S/s.

References

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛs/

Noun

es m inan

The name of the Latin-script letter s/S.

Malay

Etymology

From English ess.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈes/ [ˈes]

Noun

és (plural es-es)

The name of the Latin-script letter S/s.

Synonyms

ès (Indonesian)
sin (Jawi letter name)

Middle Dutch

Pronoun

genitive of hi
genitive of het

Verb

Alternative form of is; third-person singular present indicative of wēsen

Middle English

Etymology 1

Determiner

Alternative form of his (“his”)

Pronoun

Alternative form of his (“his”)

Etymology 2

Pronoun

Alternative form of his (“her”)

Etymology 3

Verb

Alternative form of is (“is”)

Middle French

Etymology 1

Old French es ("[you] are").

Verb

second-person singular present indicative of estre

Etymology 2

Old French es ("in the").

Contraction

Contraction of en + les (“in the (plural)”).

Middle Irish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /es/

Noun

es f (genitive esi)

stoat, weasel

Descendants

Irish: eas

Mutation

North Frisian

Verb

third-person singular present of wiis

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

present of asa (to swell, ferment)

Occitan

Verb

third-person singular present indicative of èsser

Ojibwe

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *e·hsa.

Noun

es (plural esag)

shell (2)
oyster

Old French

Etymology

Contraction of en les.

Preposition

in the

Descendants

French: ès (archaic except in fixed expressions)

Old Irish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [es]

Alternative forms

ess (theoretically available for all senses; attested in only some)

Etymology 1

Noun

es (gender unknown)

the letter s

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

es (gender unknown)

death

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

es (gender unknown)

food

Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

es (gender unknown)

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronoun

Alternative spelling of as: third-person singular masculine of a

Mutation

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Norse ᛁᛊᛏ (ist), from Proto-Germanic *isti, first/third-person singular indicative present of *wesaną. Evolved to younger variant er. Compare vesa, vas (vera, var).

Verb

Archaic form of er., third-person singular indicative present of vera

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *iz (“he; 3rd person personal pronoun”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌹𐍃 (is), Old High German ēr (German er).

Pronoun

Archaic form of er. (which, that)

Conjunction

Archaic form of er. (when, where)

Pennsylvania German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare German es, Dutch het, English it.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛs/

Article

es n (definite)

nominative/accusative neuter singular of der: the

Declension

Pronoun

es n

Declension

Plautdietsch

Verb

third-person singular present of sennen

Romagnol

Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin essere, from Latin esse.

Verb

to be
(auxiliary, used to form composite past tense of many intransitive verbs) to have (done something).

Sawi

Interjection

at once
Uvur haramavimaken, du famud, es! — The tide is about to turn; cook the sago at once!
enough

References

Scots

Noun

es (plural eses)

Alternative spelling of aes

References

“es, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈes/ [ˈes]
Rhymes: -es
Syllabification: es

Etymology 1

From Latin est, from Proto-Italic *est, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti. Cognate with Sanskrit अस्ति (ásti), English is.

Verb

third-person singular present indicative of ser

Etymology 2

Noun

es f pl

plural of e

Sudovian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *is, from Proto-Indo-European *ís. Compare Lithuanian jìs, but dissimilar Latvian viņš (“he”), Old Prussian tāns (“he”).

Pronoun

eſ m

(third-person singular) he

References

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English ess, the English name of the letter S/s.

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔes/ [ʔɛs]
Rhymes: -es
Syllabification: es

Noun

es (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔)

the name of the Latin-script letter S/s, in the Filipino alphabet
Synonyms: (in the Abakada alphabet) sa, (in the Abecedario) ese

Anagrams

Tocharian A

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian *ānse, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓms-o-s, a form of *h₂ṓms. Compare Tocharian B āntse.

Noun

shoulder
bough, limb (of a tree)
branch of a particular matter

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *es (“memory, mind”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /es/

Noun

(archaic) mind
(archaic) memory

Derived terms

eslemek

Welsh

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /eːs/
Rhymes: -eːs

Verb

first-person singular preterite colloquial of mynd

Synonyms

euthum (literary)

es

es

Translingual

Etymology 1

Symbol

Etymology 2

Symbol

English

Etymology 1

Noun

Etymology 2

Noun

Etymology 3

Verb

Etymology 4

Noun

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology

Noun

Alemannic German

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Article

Declension

Etymology 2

Pronoun

Declension

Aragonese

Pronoun

Synonyms

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Verb

Related terms

See also

Bavarian

Etymology 1

Pronoun

Usage notes

See also

Etymology 2

Pronoun

Catalan

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Pronoun

Usage notes

Declension

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Article

Usage notes

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Noun

Further reading

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronoun

Inflection

References

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Noun

References

Czech

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

See also

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

Danish

Noun

Declension