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hess¹

  • \hɛs\
  • [hɛs] France (Vosges)
  • [hɛs] France (Lyon)
  • [hɛs] France (Toulouse)

Where it comes from

De l’arabe حسد, hassd (« envie, jalousie »).

noun hass

  1. slang crise, misère, galère. À bas la hess !

Hess²

proper noun

  1. Nom de famille.

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MLA

"hess." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fr/hess. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

hess. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/fr/hess

Chicago

"hess." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/fr/hess.

BibTeX
@misc{hess_2026,
  title = {hess},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fr/hess},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}