essai
French
noun
Definitions
- try, trial
- assay
- (rugby) try
- essay, composition of moderate length exploring a particular issue or subject
Etymology
Inherited from Old French essai (trial) inherited from Latin exagium (weighing, testing on the balance, weight), exigō (demand, I examine).
Origin
Latin
exigō
Gloss
demand, I examine
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- counteressay English
- essay English
- essayer English
- essayest English
- essayeth English
- essayette English
- essayish English
- essayist English
- essaykin English
- essaylike English
- miniessay English
- exactio Latin
- exagium Latin
- exigere, exigo Latin
- exiguus Latin
- exigō Latin
- essay Dutch, Flemish
- essayiste French
- эссе Russian
- ensayar Spanish, Castilian
- ensayista Spanish, Castilian
- ensayo Spanish, Castilian
- essay Norwegian Bokmål
- *sīganą Proto-Germanic
- エッセイ Japanese
- essay Norwegian Nynorsk
- esej Czech
- essai Old French
- essaiier Old French
- essay Old French
- assaig Catalan, Valencian
- exigir Catalan, Valencian
- essai Middle French
- essay Middle French
- *eisaio Old Portuguese
- exigir Occitan
- esej Slovene
- esė Lithuanian
- assai xno
- assaier xno