essência

See also: essència and esséncia

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin essentia.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /eˈsẽ.si.ɐ/ [eˈsẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /eˈsẽ.sjɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /eˈsẽ.si.ɐ/ [eˈsẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /eˈsẽ.sjɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /eˈsẽ.si.a/ [eˈsẽ.sɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /eˈsẽ.sja/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈsẽ.sjɐ/

• Rhymes: -ẽsjɐ
• Hyphenation: es‧sên‧ci‧a

Noun

essência f (plural essências)

1. essence (all senses)
2. gist, substance

Related terms

• essencial

 

Further reading

• “essência”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “essência”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024