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Esse.

chimney-hood over a stove

4 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɛsə/[ˈʔɛ.sə]
  1. chimney-hood over a stove

    dialectal · feminine
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German esse, from Old High German essa (“furnace”), from Proto-Germanic *asjǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- (“to dry, burn, glow; hearth, ashes”). Related to Asche, English ash.

noun/ˈɛsə/[ˈʔɛ.sə]
  1. existence

    neuter · no-plural · strong · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From the Latin esse.

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