Name

Name ESSAY

Between 1980 and 2019 there were 8 births of Essay in the countries below, which represents an average of 0 birth of children bearing the first name Essay per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 0 birth.

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Prénom Essay
In Italiano

Nome Essay

Information about the first name Essay

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The first name Essay has been assigned to:

100.00% to boys
0.00% to girls

The country where the first name Essay is the most common is:

Alberta

This first name is on trend: Male

This first name has 5 letters including 3 vowels and 2 consonants

Anagrams of the first name Essay

An anagram is a word that contains the same letters of another word. Here is the list of first names which are an anagram of Essay : Essya, Eyass, Sesay, Yessa

Essay in Japanese ^*

Romaji	essee
Katakana	エッセー
Hiragana	えっせー
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Origin and meaning of name Essay

English

Etymology

Since late 16th century, borrowed from Middle French essay, essai (“essay”), meaning coined by Montaigne in the same time, from the same words in earlier meanings 'experiment; assay; attempt', from Old French essay, essai, assay, assai, from Latin exagium (“weight; weighing, testing on the balance”), from exigere + -ium.

Etymology

From Middle French essayer, essaier, from Old French essaiier, essayer, essaier, assaiier, assayer, assaier, from essay, essai, assay, assai (“attempt; assay; experiment”) as above.

Etymology (Noun)

essay (plural essays)
(authorship) A written composition of moderate length, exploring a particular issue or subject.
(obsolete) A test, experiment; an assay.
(now rare) An attempt.
1988, James McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom, Oxford 2003, p. 455:
This was Lee's first essay in the kind of offensive-defensive strategy that was to become his hallmark.
(philately, finance) A proposed design for a postage stamp or a banknote.

Etymology (Pronunciation)

(Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈɛˌseɪ/
Rhymes: -ɛseɪ

Etymology (Pronunciation)

(UK, US) IPA(key): /ɛˈseɪ/, /ˈɛˌseɪ/

Etymology (Verb)

essay (third-person singular simple present essays, present participle essaying, simple past and past participle essayed)
(dated, transitive) To try.
(intransitive) To move forth, as into battle.

Anagrams

Sayes, Sesay, eyass

General

Noun

essay n (definite singular essayet, indefinite plural essay or essayer, definite plural essaya or essayene)
an essay, a written composition of moderate length exploring a particular subject

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English essay (“essay”), from Middle French essai (“essay; attempt, assay”), from Old French essai, from Latin exagium (whence the neuter gender).

Noun

essay n (plural essays, diminutive essaytje n)
essay

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ɛˈseː/, /ˈɛ.seː/
Hyphenation: es‧say
Rhymes: -eː

Noun (Derived terms)

essayist

Noun (Hypernyms)

betoog

German

Noun

Essay m
essay, usually on scientific, cultural or sociological subjects for publication in a newspaper or magazine

Noun (Derived terms)

essayistisch

Noun (See also)

Aufsatz (umbrella term for all sorts of essays)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

essay n (definite singular essayet, indefinite plural essay, definite plural essaya)
an essay, a written composition of moderate length exploring a particular subject

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology