The word is in the Wiktionary

31 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• essay n. (Authorship) A written composition of moderate length, exploring a particular issue or subject.
• essay n. (Obsolete) A test, experiment; an assay.
• essay n. (Now rare) An attempt.
• essay n. (Philately, finance) A proposed design for a postage stamp or a banknote.
• essay v. (Dated, transitive) To try.
• essay v. (Intransitive) To move forth, as into battle.

— Foreign word, define in English —

• Norwegian bokmål - Norwegian nynorsk
  • essay n. An essay, a written composition of moderate length exploring a particular subject.

— English words, defined in German —

• essay S. Abhandlung, Aufsatz.
• essay S. Versuch, Test.
• essay V. Versuchen.

— English words, defined in French —

• essay n. Dissertation, rédaction, article (scientifique).
• essay n. (Vieilli) Essai, tentative.
• essay v. (Transitif) (Vieilli) Essayer.
• essay v. (Intransitif) Avancer comme dans une bataille.

— English words, defined in Portuguese —

• essay s. Ensaio.
• essay s. Tentativa.
• essay s. Redação.
• essay v. Ensaiar, tentar.

— English words, defined in Italian —

• essay s. (Letteratura) saggio.
• essay s. (Scuola) componimento, tema.
• essay s. Tentativo, prova.
• essay s. Sforzo.
• essay s. Saggio, prova, esperimento.
• essay s. (Filatelia) prova di stampa.
• essay s. Trattato, dissertazione.
• essay s. Tentare, provare.
• essay s. Cimentarsi in.

— In German —

• Essay S. Essai.
• Essay S. Literatur: geistreiche, allgemein verständliche, gewöhnlich…

— In Dutch —

• essay n. Opstel, een beschouwende prozatekst of een artikel voor krant…

— In French —

• Essay n.prop. (Géographie) Commune française, située dans le département…

34 English words from 7 English definitions

assay attempt Authorship banknote battle composition Dated design essay experiment exploring finance for forth into Intransitive issue length moderate move Now Obsolete particular Philately postage postage␣stamp proposed rare stamp subject test transitive try written

9 English words from 24 foreign definitions

article Commune dans département Dissertation een Essayer tentative Test

47 foreign words from 24 foreign definitions

Abhandlung allgemein artikel Aufsatz Avancer bataille beschouwende comme componimento dissertazione Ensaiar Ensaio esperimento Essai Filatelia française geistreiche Géographie gewöhnlich Intransitif krant Letteratura Literatur Opstel prova prozatekst Redação rédaction saggio scientifique Scuola Sforzo située stampa tema tentar Tentare Tentativa Tentativo Transitif Trattato une verständliche Versuch Versuchen Vieilli voor

28 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

essays essayed essayer essayic essayers essayest essayeth essaying essayish essayism essayist essaykin essaylet essayette essayical essayings essayists essaykins essaylets essaylike essay␣mill essayettes essayistic essay␣mills essayistical essay␣question essayistically essay␣questions

6 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

unessayed miniessays photoessays photo-essays photo␣essays counteressays

9 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

dessay Hessay Sessay miniessay photoessay photo-essay photo␣essay counteressay eight-legged␣essay

7 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ess ESS -ess Ess. Essa say SSA

10 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ass ASS @$$ -ass asse SSE yas Yas yass Yass

4 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

eyass Sayes Seays Sesay

46 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

abseys Askeys Aussey Baseys Basyes Bayses besays Deasys dessay Elyssa eshays Essary essays eyases Hayses Hessay jaseys lyases Massey Mayses nyases Passey payess Raseys resays Sabeys salesy Sayces sayees sayers Sayers sayest Sayres says␣me say␣yes Sealys Sesays Sessay Swasey Syedas sysape Vassey Vyases yeasts Yeasts yessah

23 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

ases asse assy ayes Ayes easy ESAs Essa Essy eyas SAEs SASE saye Saye says seas Seas Seay SSAE yaes yass Yass yeas

3 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

assay eshay Essas

2 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

Essa Essy

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

Essary

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