English

Alternative forms

Compounds are normally spelled es: es-hook, es-link.

Noun

ess ‎(plural esses)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter S/s.
2. Something shaped like the letter S.

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) letter; a, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, gee, aitch, i, jay, kay, el, em, en, o, pee, cue, ar, ess, tee, u, vee, double-u, ex, wye, zee/zed ^{(Category: en:Latin letter names)}

Translations

Derived terms

• collar of esses

Anagrams

• SES, SSE

Estonian

Noun

ess ‎(genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

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

Faroese

Etymology 1

Noun

ess n (genitive singular ess, plural ess)

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

Declension

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) bókstavur; a/fyrra a, á, be, de, edd, e, eff, ge, há, i/fyrra i, í/fyrra í, jodd, ká, ell, emm, enn, o, ó, pe, err, ess, te, u, ú, ve, seinna i, seinna í, seinna a, ø ^{(Category: fo:Latin letter names)}

Etymology 2

Noun

ess n (genitive singular ess, plural ess)

1. (card games) ace

Declension

Etymology 3

Noun

ess n (genitive singular ess, plural ess)

1. (music) E-flat

Declension

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛsː/
• Rhymes: -ɛsː

Noun

ess n ‎(genitive singular ess, nominative plural ess)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter S/s.
2. (music) bocal (on a bassoon)
3. (poetic) horse

Declension

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

ess n ‎(definite singular esset, indefinite plural ess, definite plural essa or essene)

1. ace (card; someone very proficient)

Old Irish

Noun

ess ?

1. Alternative form of es ‎(“cataract, rapid”)
2. Alternative form of es ‎(“vessel”)
3. Alternative form of es ‎(“death”)
4. Alternative form of es ‎(“ox”)

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Homophone: S

Alternative forms

• äss (meanings 1 and 2 below)

Noun

ess n

1. ace; a card with one mark
2. ace; someone very proficient
3. (music) E-flat

Declension

Võro

Noun

ess ‎(genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

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

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Yola

Noun

ess

1. ass (donkey)

References

• J. Poole W. Barnes, A Glossary, with Some Pieces of Verse, of the Old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy (1867)