essence

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From Middle English essence, from Middle French essence, from Latin essentia (“the being or essence of a thing”), from an artificial formation of esse (“to be”), to translate Ancient Greek οὐσία (ousía, “being”), from ὤν (ṓn), present participle of εἰμί (eimí, “to be, exist”).

177 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: جَوْهَر (jawhar) — inherent nature
• Armenian: էություն (ēutʻyun) — inherent nature
• Azerbaijani: cövhər — inherent nature
• Azerbaijani: mahiyyət — inherent nature
• Belarusian: су́тнасць (sútnascʹ) — inherent nature
• Belarusian: суць (sucʹ) — inherent nature
• Bulgarian: съ́щност (sǎ́štnost) — inherent nature
• Catalan: bessó — inherent nature
• Chinese Mandarin: 本質 /本质 (běnzhì, běnzhí) — inherent nature
• Czech: esence — inherent nature
• Danish: essens — inherent nature
• Dutch: essentie — inherent nature
• Esperanto: esenco — inherent nature
• Estonian: olemus — inherent nature
• Farefare: essentia — inherent nature
• Farefare: esentia — inherent nature
• Finnish: olemus — inherent nature
• Finnish: perusolemus — inherent nature
• French: essence — inherent nature
• Galician: celme — inherent nature
• Galician: esencia — inherent nature
• Georgian: არსი (arsi) — inherent nature
• Georgian: დედაარსი (dedaarsi) — inherent nature
• Georgian: რაობა (raoba) — inherent nature
• German: Wesen — inherent nature
• Gothic: 𐍅𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍃 (wists) — inherent nature
• Ancient Greek: οὐσία (ousía) — inherent nature
• Hebrew: מַהוּת (mahút) — inherent nature
• Hindi: तत्त्व (tattva) — inherent nature
• Hindi: ज़ात (zāt) — inherent nature
• Hungarian: lényeg — inherent nature
• Hungarian: esszencia — inherent nature
• Indonesian: esensi — inherent nature
• Indonesian: hakikat — inherent nature
• Irish: garr — inherent nature
• Italian: essenza — inherent nature
• Japanese: 本質 (honshitsu) — inherent nature
• Kazakh: маңыз (mañyz) — inherent nature
• Kazakh: мән (män) — inherent nature
• Kazakh: мазмұн (mazmūn) — inherent nature
• Korean: 본질 (bonjil) — inherent nature
• Latin: essentia — inherent nature
• Macedonian: су́штина (súština) — inherent nature
• Maltese: essenza — inherent nature
• Māori: tino — inherent nature
• Māori: ngako — inherent nature
• Mongolian: мөн чанар (mön čanar) — inherent nature
• Norwegian Bokmål: essens — inherent nature
• Norwegian Nynorsk: essens — inherent nature
• Occitan: esséncia — inherent nature
• Persian: جوهر (jowhar) — inherent nature
• Polish: esencja — inherent nature
• Portuguese: essência — inherent nature
• Russian: су́щность (súščnostʹ) — inherent nature
• Russian: суть (sutʹ) — inherent nature
• Sanskrit: धर्मता (dharmatā) — inherent nature
• Serbo-Croatian: би̑т — inherent nature
• Serbo-Croatian: суштѝна — inherent nature
• Serbo-Croatian: bȋt — inherent nature
• Serbo-Croatian: suštìna — inherent nature
• Slovak: esencia — inherent nature
• Slovak: podstata — inherent nature
• Slovene: bistvo — inherent nature
• Spanish: esencia — inherent nature
• Swedish: essens — inherent nature
• Tajik: ҷавҳар (javhar) — inherent nature
• Turkish: cevher — inherent nature
• Ottoman Turkish: حقیقت (hakikat) — inherent nature
• Ottoman Turkish: مایه — inherent nature
• Ukrainian: су́тність (sútnistʹ) — inherent nature
• Ukrainian: суть (sutʹ) — inherent nature
• Uzbek: mohiyat — inherent nature
• Vietnamese: bản chất — inherent nature
• Welsh: rhin — inherent nature
• Belarusian: су́тнасць (sútnascʹ) — true nature of something
• Bulgarian: съ́щина (sǎ́ština) — true nature of something
• Bulgarian: същество́ (sǎštestvó) — true nature of something
• Catalan: bessó — true nature of something
• Chinese Mandarin: 本質 /本质 (běnzhì, běnzhí) — true nature of something
• Czech: esence — true nature of something
• Dutch: wezen — true nature of something
• Finnish: olemus — true nature of something
• Finnish: perusolemus — true nature of something
• French: essence — true nature of something
• Galician: esencia — true nature of something
• German: Wesen — true nature of something
• Hebrew: מַהוּת (mahút) — true nature of something
• Italian: essenza — true nature of something
• Japanese: 本質 (honshitsu) — true nature of something
• Korean: 본질 (bonjil) — true nature of something
• Latin: essentia — true nature of something
• Macedonian: су́штина (súština) — true nature of something
• Maltese: essenza — true nature of something
• Mongolian: мөн чанар (mön čanar) — true nature of something
• Norwegian Bokmål: essens — true nature of something
• Norwegian Nynorsk: essens — true nature of something
• Portuguese: essência — true nature of something
• Russian: су́щность (súščnostʹ) — true nature of something
• Russian: существо́ (suščestvó) — true nature of something
• Slovak: esencia — true nature of something
• Slovene: bistvo — true nature of something
• Spanish: esencia — true nature of something
• Ottoman Turkish: حقیقت (hakikat) — true nature of something
• Ottoman Turkish: مایه — true nature of something
• Ukrainian: су́тність (sútnistʹ) — true nature of something
• Vietnamese: bản chất — true nature of something
• Welsh: rhin — true nature of something
• Yiddish: תּוך (tokh) — true nature of something
• Finnish: ainesosa — constituent substance
• Ottoman Turkish: حقیقت (hakikat) — constituent substance
• Ottoman Turkish: مایه — constituent substance
• Finnish: henkiolento — spiritual being
• Finnish: keskeinen piirre — significant feature
• Finnish: tuntomerkki — significant feature
• Galician: esencia — significant feature
• German: Essenz — significant feature
• German: Wesen — significant feature
• Italian: essenza — significant feature
• Russian: ва́жная черта́ (vážnaja čertá) — significant feature
• Spanish: esencia — significant feature
• Bulgarian: есе́нция (eséncija) — concentrated form of a plant
• Bulgarian: екстра́кт (ekstrákt) — concentrated form of a plant
• Chinese Cantonese: 精 (zing1) — concentrated form of a plant
• Chinese Mandarin: 精 (jīng) — concentrated form of a plant
• Danish: essens — concentrated form of a plant
• Danish: koncentrat — concentrated form of a plant
• Dutch: essence — concentrated form of a plant
• Dutch: aftreksel — concentrated form of a plant
• Finnish: esanssi — concentrated form of a plant
• Finnish: tiiviste — concentrated form of a plant
• Galician: esencia — concentrated form of a plant
• German: Essenz — concentrated form of a plant
• German: Extrakt — concentrated form of a plant
• Hebrew: תַּמְצִית (tamtzít) — concentrated form of a plant
• Hungarian: kivonat — concentrated form of a plant
• Hungarian: esszencia — concentrated form of a plant
• Italian: essenza — concentrated form of a plant
• Macedonian: екстра́кт (ekstrákt) — concentrated form of a plant
• Macedonian: концентра́т (koncentrát) — concentrated form of a plant
• Norwegian Bokmål: essens — concentrated form of a plant
• Norwegian Nynorsk: essens — concentrated form of a plant
• Portuguese: essência — concentrated form of a plant
• Russian: эссе́нция (essɛ́ncija) — concentrated form of a plant
• Russian: концентра́т (koncentrát) — concentrated form of a plant
• Russian: экстра́кт (ekstrákt) — concentrated form of a plant
• Serbo-Croatian: есѐнција — concentrated form of a plant
• Serbo-Croatian: esèncija — concentrated form of a plant
• Slovak: esencia — concentrated form of a plant
• Slovak: extrakt — concentrated form of a plant
• Slovene: esenca — concentrated form of a plant
• Spanish: esencia — concentrated form of a plant
• Spanish: extracto — concentrated form of a plant
• Finnish: esanssi — extract or concentrate used as flavouring
• Galician: esencia — extract or concentrate used as flavouring
• Hungarian: esszencia — extract or concentrate used as flavouring
• Māori: waitāwhara — extract or concentrate used as flavouring
• Slovak: esencia — extract or concentrate used as flavouring
• Welsh: rhinflas — extract or concentrate used as flavouring
• Bulgarian: парфю́м (parfjúm) — fragrance
• Bulgarian: арома́т (aromát) — fragrance
• Dutch: parfum — fragrance
• Finnish: tuoksu — fragrance
• Galician: esencia — fragrance
• Georgian: სურნელება (surneleba) — fragrance
• German: Essenz — fragrance
• German: Parfüm — fragrance
• Hebrew: נִיחוֹחַ (nikhóakh) — fragrance
• Hebrew: בושם (bósem) — fragrance
• Macedonian: парфе́м (parfém) — fragrance
• Macedonian: аро́ма (aróma) — fragrance
• Māori: waitāwhara — fragrance
• Portuguese: essência — fragrance
• Portuguese: fragrância — fragrance
• Russian: арома́т (aromát) — fragrance
• Slovene: esenca — fragrance
• Spanish: esencia — fragrance
• Turkish: esans — fragrance