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Plural of esse

regular plural

The plural of esse is esses.

Forms of esse

Singularesse /ˈɛsi/
Pluralesses /ˈɛsəz/
Countablecountable

Esses in a sentence

  • “Short esses” (s) appear at the end of words, and “long esses” are never used for an upper case S.2009, “A Note to the Reader”, in Passing the Torch of Liberty to a New Generation, Powder Springs, Ga.: American Vision Press, →ISBN, page…. From the entry long ess
  • During the reigns of Edward IV and Richard III the collar of esses was frowned upon, to say the least.1997, Doris Fletcher, “The Lancastrian Collar of Esses”, in The Age of Richard II, page 191. From the entry collar of esses

Meaning of esse

  1. noun Essence, essential nature.

Full definition of esse

Questions about the plural of esse

What is the plural of esse?
The plural of esse is esses.
Is esse countable?
Esse is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: esse (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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