esencia

Galician

Alternative forms

• essência (reintegrationist)

Etymology

First attested in the 15th century. Learned borrowing from Latin essentia.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɛˈsɛnθja/ [ɛˈs̺ɛn̪.θjɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ɛˈsɛnθja/ [ɛˈs̺ɛn̪.θjɐ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /ɛˈsɛnsja/ [ɛˈsɛn.sjɐ]

 

• • Rhymes: -ɛnθja

• • Rhymes: -ɛnθja
  • Rhymes: -ɛnsja

 

• IPA^(key): /ɛˈsenθja/ [ɛˈs̺en̪.θjɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ɛˈsenθja/ [ɛˈs̺en̪.θjɐ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /ɛˈsensja/ [ɛˈsen.sjɐ]

 

• • Rhymes: -enθja

• • Rhymes: -enθja
  • Rhymes: -ensja

• Hyphenation: e‧sen‧cia

Noun

esencia f (plural esencias)

1. essence
   • 1414, Clarinda de A. Maia, editor, História do galego-português, Coimbra: I.N.I.C, page 99:

     Deus Padre et Fillo et Spiritu Santo, treſ perſonas en hũa eſſençia deujnal

     God, Father and Son and Holy Ghost, three persons in a single divine essence

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “essenç”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “esencia”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “esencia”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈesent͡si̯a]

Noun

esencia f (related adjective esenciálny or esenciový or (dated) esencionálny)

1. essence

Declension

Declension of esencia (pattern ulica)

	singular	plural
nominative	esencia	esencie
genitive	esencie	esencií
dative	esencii	esenciám
accusative	esenciu	esencie
locative	esencii	esenciách
instrumental	esenciou	esenciami

Further reading

• “esencia”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin essentia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /eˈsenθja/ [eˈsẽn̟.θja]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /eˈsensja/ [eˈsẽn.sja]
• Rhymes: -enθja
• Rhymes: -ensja
• Syllabification: e‧sen‧cia

Noun

esencia f (plural esencias)

1. essence
2. gist

Related terms

• esencial

 

Further reading

• “esencia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28