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• UK: /iːz/
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• US: /iz/
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• homophone: ees
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• homophone: E's
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From Middle English ese, eise, aise, from Anglo-Norman ese (“ease”), from Old French eise, aise (“elbow room; opportunity”), of uncertain and obscure origin. Apparently related to Provençal ais, Italian agio and asio, Sicilian aciu and Portuguese azo. Sometimes ascribed to Vulgar Latin *āsia or *āsium, possibly from Latin ānsa (“handle, haft”) or Frankish *ansiju (“handle, loophole, eyelet; cup-handle; arms akimbo, elbow room”), but more often derived from Vulgar Latin *adjace(m), from Latin adjacēns (“adjacent, neighbouring”), present participle of adjaceō (“lie next to, border on”), though the forms and senses are difficult to trace clearly. Alternatively, possibly from a non-Latin source such as Germanic or Celtic on the basis of the conflicting forms which appear in various Romance languages. Compare Old English īeþe (“easy”), Gothic 𐌰𐌶𐌴𐍄𐌹 (azēti, “ease; pleasure”), *𐌰𐌶𐌴𐍄𐍃 (*azēts, “easy”), Breton eaz, ez (“easy”), Irish adhais (“easy; leisure”). See also eath. The verb is from Middle English esen, ultimately of the same origin.

183 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: lehtësi — ability — see also ability
• Azerbaijani: asanlıq — ability — see also ability
• Esperanto: facileco — ability — see also ability
• Finnish: taito — ability — see also ability
• Finnish: kyky — ability — see also ability
• French: facilité — ability — see also ability
• Galician: facilidade — ability — see also ability
• German: Leichtigkeit — ability — see also ability
• German: Mühelosigkeit — ability — see also ability
• Hungarian: jártasság — ability — see also ability
• Hungarian: ügyesség — ability — see also ability
• Hungarian: rátermettség — ability — see also ability
• Irish: éascaíocht — ability — see also ability
• Italian: facilità — ability — see also ability
• Kyrgyz: жеңилдик (jeŋildik) — ability — see also ability
• Latin: habilitas — ability — see also ability
• Portuguese: habilidade — ability — see also ability
• Portuguese: à-vontade — ability — see also ability
• Portuguese: facilidade — ability — see also ability
• Romanian: dexteritate — ability — see also ability
• Romanian: facilitate — ability — see also ability
• Russian: лёгкость (ljóxkostʹ) — ability — see also ability
• Russian: непринуждённость (neprinuždjónnostʹ) — ability — see also ability
• Spanish: para facilitar — ability — see also ability
• Swedish: lätthet — ability — see also ability
• Bulgarian: спокойствие (spokojstvie) — comfort — see also comfort
• Bulgarian: безгрижие (bezgrižie) — comfort — see also comfort
• Czech: pohoda — comfort — see also comfort
• Finnish: mukavuus — comfort — see also comfort
• German: Behaglichkeit — comfort — see also comfort
• German: Bequemlichkeit — comfort — see also comfort
• German: Leichtigkeit — comfort — see also comfort
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌶𐌴𐍄𐌹 (azēti) — comfort — see also comfort
• Hungarian: kényelem — comfort — see also comfort
• Irish: sástacht — comfort — see also comfort
• Old Irish: sádaile — comfort — see also comfort
• Old Irish: sádailecht — comfort — see also comfort
• Portuguese: conforto — comfort — see also comfort
• Romanian: confort — comfort — see also comfort
• Russian: споко́йствие (spokójstvije) — comfort — see also comfort
• Russian: поко́й (pokój) — comfort — see also comfort
• Finnish: rauhallisuus — freedom from pain, hardship, and annoyance
• Finnish: mukavuus — freedom from pain, hardship, and annoyance
• Finnish: helppous — freedom from pain, hardship, and annoyance
• Galician: confort — freedom from pain, hardship, and annoyance
• German: Unbeschwertheit — freedom from pain, hardship, and annoyance
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌶𐌴𐍄𐌹 (azēti) — freedom from pain, hardship, and annoyance
• Hungarian: nyugalom — freedom from pain, hardship, and annoyance
• Hungarian: megnyugvás — freedom from pain, hardship, and annoyance
• Hungarian: megkönnyebbülés — freedom from pain, hardship, and annoyance
• Hungarian: könnyebbség — freedom from pain, hardship, and annoyance
• Irish: sómas — freedom from pain, hardship, and annoyance
• Portuguese: conforto — freedom from pain, hardship, and annoyance
• Portuguese: comodidade — freedom from pain, hardship, and annoyance
• Romanian: liniște — freedom from pain, hardship, and annoyance
• Romanian: pace — freedom from pain, hardship, and annoyance
• Bulgarian: лекота (lekota) — freedom from effort
• Bulgarian: непринуденост (neprinudenost) — freedom from effort
• Finnish: helppous — freedom from effort
• Finnish: mukavuus — freedom from effort
• German: Muße — freedom from effort
• German: Leichtigkeit — freedom from effort
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌶𐌴𐍄𐌹 (azēti) — freedom from effort
• Hungarian: könnyedség — freedom from effort
• Irish: aosáid — freedom from effort
• Plautdietsch: Jemak — freedom from effort
• Portuguese: facilidade — freedom from effort
• Romanian: ușurință — freedom from effort
• Romanian: ușurare — freedom from effort
• Russian: лёгкость (ljóxkostʹ) — freedom from effort
• Russian: непринуждённость (neprinuždjónnostʹ) — freedom from effort
• Russian: облегче́ние (oblexčénije) — freedom from effort
• Spanish: facilidad — freedom from effort
• Spanish: soltura — freedom from effort
• Finnish: lepo — relaxation
• French: repos — relaxation
• Ancient Greek: ῥᾳθυμία (rhāithumía) — relaxation
• Hungarian: jólét — relaxation
• Hungarian: lazítás — relaxation
• Hungarian: kikapcsolódás — relaxation
• Italian: riposo — relaxation
• Romanian: repaus — relaxation
• Russian: досу́г (dosúg) — relaxation
• Russian: беззабо́тность (bezzabótnostʹ) — relaxation
• Russian: пра́здность (prázdnostʹ) — relaxation
• Russian: о́тдых (ótdyx) — relaxation
• Spanish: soltura — relaxation
• Spanish: relajo — relaxation
• Albanian: shëro — to free (something) from pain, worry, agitation, etc
• Albanian: lehtëso — to free (something) from pain, worry, agitation, etc
• Bulgarian: успокоявам (uspokojavam) — to free (something) from pain, worry, agitation, etc
• Bulgarian: облекчавам (oblekčavam) — to free (something) from pain, worry, agitation, etc
• Finnish: lievittää — to free (something) from pain, worry, agitation, etc
• German: erleichtern — to free (something) from pain, worry, agitation, etc
• German: beruhigen — to free (something) from pain, worry, agitation, etc
• German: entlasten — to free (something) from pain, worry, agitation, etc
• Hungarian: könnyít — to free (something) from pain, worry, agitation, etc
• Māori: whakangāwari — to free (something) from pain, worry, agitation, etc
• Māori: whakamauru — to free (something) from pain, worry, agitation, etc
• Romanian: alina — to free (something) from pain, worry, agitation, etc
• Romanian: ușura — to free (something) from pain, worry, agitation, etc
• Russian: успока́ивать (uspokáivatʹ) — to free (something) from pain, worry, agitation, etc
• Russian: облегча́ть (oblexčátʹ) — to free (something) from pain, worry, agitation, etc
• Spanish: aliviar — to free (something) from pain, worry, agitation, etc
• Bulgarian: облекчавам (oblekčavam) — to alleviate, assuage or lessen (pain)
• Finnish: lievittää — to alleviate, assuage or lessen (pain)
• Finnish: höllätä — to alleviate, assuage or lessen (pain)
• French: abaisser — to alleviate, assuage or lessen (pain)
• French: abréger — to alleviate, assuage or lessen (pain)
• French: amoindrir — to alleviate, assuage or lessen (pain)
• French: soulager — to alleviate, assuage or lessen (pain)
• German: lindern — to alleviate, assuage or lessen (pain)
• German: mildern — to alleviate, assuage or lessen (pain)
• Hungarian: csillapít — to alleviate, assuage or lessen (pain)
• Hungarian: enyhít — to alleviate, assuage or lessen (pain)
• Italian: attenuare — to alleviate, assuage or lessen (pain)
• Māori: whakaeaea — to alleviate, assuage or lessen (pain)
• Portuguese: aliviar — to alleviate, assuage or lessen (pain)
• Romanian: alina — to alleviate, assuage or lessen (pain)
• Romanian: liniști — to alleviate, assuage or lessen (pain)
• Russian: облегча́ть (oblexčátʹ) — to alleviate, assuage or lessen (pain)
• Finnish: keventää — to give respite to (someone)
• Finnish: helpottaa — to give respite to (someone)
• German: entlasten — to give respite to (someone)
• German: verringern — to give respite to (someone)
• Hungarian: megkönnyít — to give respite to (someone)
• Hungarian: enyhít — to give respite to (someone)
• Russian: освобожда́ть (osvoboždátʹ) — to give respite to (someone)
• Bulgarian: отпускам (otpuskam) — to loosen or slacken the tension on (something)
• Finnish: löysätä — to loosen or slacken the tension on (something)
• Finnish: löysentää — to loosen or slacken the tension on (something)
• Finnish: höllätä — to loosen or slacken the tension on (something)
• German: lockern — to loosen or slacken the tension on (something)
• Hungarian: meglazít — to loosen or slacken the tension on (something)
• Hungarian: kilazít — to loosen or slacken the tension on (something)
• Hungarian: lazít — to loosen or slacken the tension on (something)
• Hungarian: elernyeszt — to loosen or slacken the tension on (something)
• Russian: ослабля́ть (oslabljátʹ) — to loosen or slacken the tension on (something)
• Russian: смягча́ть (smjaxčátʹ) — to loosen or slacken the tension on (something)
• Russian: отпуска́ть (otpuskátʹ) — to loosen or slacken the tension on (something)
• Spanish: aflojar — to loosen or slacken the tension on (something)
• Finnish: helpottaa — to reduce the difficulty of (something)
• German: erleichtern — to reduce the difficulty of (something)
• German: lockern — to reduce the difficulty of (something)
• German: Abstriche machen bei — to reduce the difficulty of (something)
• Greek: διευκολύνω (diefkolýno) — to reduce the difficulty of (something)
• Hungarian: könnyít — to reduce the difficulty of (something)
• Hungarian: megkönnyít — to reduce the difficulty of (something)
• Māori: whakangāwari — to reduce the difficulty of (something)
• Polish: ułatwiać — to reduce the difficulty of (something)
• Polish: ułatwić — to reduce the difficulty of (something)
• Romanian: ușura — to reduce the difficulty of (something)
• Russian: облегча́ть (oblexčátʹ) — to reduce the difficulty of (something)
• Spanish: acostumbrar — to reduce the difficulty of (something)
• Ottoman Turkish: قولایلامق (kolaylamak) — to reduce the difficulty of (something)
• Finnish: hivuttaa — to move (something) slowly and carefully
• German: lockern — to move (something) slowly and carefully
• German: lösen — to move (something) slowly and carefully
• German: losmachen — to move (something) slowly and carefully
• Hungarian: csúsztat — to move (something) slowly and carefully
• Spanish: mover paulatinamente — to move (something) slowly and carefully
• Spanish: introducir gradualmente — to move (something) slowly and carefully
• Spanish: cantear — to move (something) slowly and carefully
• Spanish: soltar lentamente — to move (something) slowly and carefully
• Spanish: aflojar delicadamente — to move (something) slowly and carefully
• Spanish: posar — to move (something) slowly and carefully
• Finnish: lieventyä — to lessen in severity
• Finnish: helpottaa — to lessen in severity
• German: nachlassen — to lessen in severity
• German: verringern — to lessen in severity
• German: vermindern — to lessen in severity
• Hungarian: enyhül — to lessen in severity
• Hungarian: csillapodik — to lessen in severity
• Māori: whakangāwari — to lessen in severity
• Māori: mauru — to lessen in severity
• Romanian: micșora — to lessen in severity
• Romanian: potoli — to lessen in severity
• Romanian: reduce — to lessen in severity
• Russian: уменьша́ть (umenʹšátʹ) — to lessen in severity
• Finnish: kulkea — to proceed with little effort
• Finnish: sujahtaa — to proceed with little effort
• German: dahinschleichen — to proceed with little effort
• Hungarian: csusszan — to proceed with little effort