adj
Meaning 1
Not required; not essential.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
nonessential
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Sound
Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 2
Something that is not essential.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
not of prime or central importance- Pubs.MLA
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- nonessential to the integral meanings of poetry
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: incidental
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
anything that is not essential
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- they discarded all their inessentials
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: inessential
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: thing
Narrower terms: adjunct
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h1óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-Germanic *nainaz Proto-West Germanic *nain Old English nān Middle English non ▲ Old English nān Old English nān- Middle English non- English non- Proto-Indo-European *h1es- Proto-Indo-European *h1ésti Proto-Indo-European *bhuH- Proto-Indo-European *bhúHt Proto-Italic *ezom~*som Old Latin 𐌄𐌔𐌏𐌌 (esom) Old Latin esum Latin sumder. Latin *essēns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin essentia Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin essentiālisbor. English essential English nonessential From non- + essential.
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: несъществен (nesǎštestven) — not essential
- Finnish: ei-välttämätön — not essential
- German: nichtessentiell — not essential
- Slovak: nepodstatný — not essential
- Slovak: postrádateľný — not essential
- Slovak: neesenciálny — not essential