ESP

See also: esp, esp., and EsP

Translingual

Etymology

From Spanish España.

Symbol

ESP

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code for Spain.

   Synonym: ES (alpha-2)

2. (international standards, historical) ISO 4217 currency code for the former Spanish peseta; a currency used from 1868 to 2002.

   Coordinate terms: ESA, ESB

English

Noun

ESP (countable and uncountable, plural ESPs)

1. (automotive) Initialism of electronic stability program.

   Synonym: ESC

   Coordinate terms: ABS, TCS

2. (financial services) Initialism of equity shelf program.
3. (linguistics, education) Initialism of English for specific or special purposes.
4. (parapsychology) Abbreviation of extrasensory perception.
   • 2010, Jennifer Egan, “Ask Me if I Care”, in A Visit from the Goon Squad:

     We don't know how they decide if they should keep a name, because Bennie and Scotty don't actually talk. But they agree on everything, maybe through ESP.

   • 2016 February 6, Kyle Cheney, “11 most explosive moments of the GOP debate”, in Politico‎^[1]:

     Rubio accused Christie of having to be dragged back to New Jersey under pressure to handle the storm. Christie retorted, “Is that one of the skills you get as a United States senator? ESP?”

   1. (by extension, video games) A cheat program that provides extra information that is not attainable during regular gameplay, such as player positions, equipment status, etc.

      Near-synonym: wallhack

5. (ecology) Initialism of Environmental Sample Processor.
6. (psychology) Abbreviation of emotional, spiritual, and psychological.
7. (Internet) Initialism of email service provider.

Translations

abbreviation of extrasensory perception

• French: PES (fr)
• German: ASW
• Greek: ΕΕΑ (EEA)
• Italian: ESP
• Portuguese: PES
• Russian: ЭСВ (ESV)
• Slovak: ESP (sk)
• Turkish: DDA, DDİ (tr)

Anagrams

• EPs, Sep., EPS, SPE, sep, eps, pes, Eps, PES, Sep, PEs, PSE, Pes, SEP

German

Pronunciation

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Noun

ESP

1. Initialism of elektronisches Stabilitätsprogramm (“ESP (electronic stability program)”).

See also

• ABS

Further reading

• “ESP” in Duden online

Japanese

Etymology

From English ESP.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) イーエスピー [ìíésúpíꜜì] (Nakadaka – [5])
• IPA^(key): [iːe̞sɨ̥pʲiː]

Noun

ESP(イーエスピー) • (īesupī) 

1. Synonym of 超感覚的知覚 (chōkankakuteki chikaku, “extrasensory perception”); ESP

Tagalog

Noun

ESP

1. Alternative spelling of EsP