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ess^¹

/ˈɛs/

Rhymes with -ɛs

noun esses · es

The name of the Latin script letter S/s. 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
Something shaped like the letter S. (See esses)

verb esses · essing · essed · es

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

ess^²

/ˈɛs/

Rhymes with -ɛs

particle

Cornwall, dialectal Yes. 'Big chap, edn' 'a?' I thought he was the biggest chap I had ever seen. 'Ess,' said Corin.

ESS^³

proper noun

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Ess^⁴

Where it comes from

* As a north/Low German surname, from the archaic noun es, ehe (“swamp water”), possibly from a corruption of *ahu (“stream, river”).

* As a Switzerland German/Alemannic German surname, from Ess (“pasture, grazing area”), from Proto-Germanic *atiska- (“grainfield”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂edos- (“sort of cereal, grain”), related to Latin ador (“spelt”), Hittite [script needed] (ḫattāi-, “to cut (grain)”).

* Also as a Swiss German surname, from a short form of Oswald.

* As a Dutch surname, shortened from Van Ess, itself a variant of Van Es, from van + the placename Esch in North Brabant.

proper noun Esses

A surname from German.

noun Esses

Alternative letter-case form of ess

Translations

Every language

noun name of the letter S, s

Español	ese
한국어	에스 eseu
日本語	エス esu
हिन्दी	एस es
Português	esse
Français	esse
Ελληνικά	ες es
Русский	эс es
Tiếng Việt	ét, sờ, xờ mạnh, xờ nặng
العربية	إِس ʔis

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@misc{ess_2026,
  title = {ess},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ess},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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