essence

Etymology
From, from , from an artificial formation of , to translate , from , present participle of.

Noun

 * 1) The inherent nature of a thing or idea.
 * 2) * 1713 September 21,, The Guardian, collected in The Works of the Late Right Honorable Joseph Addison, volume IV, Birmingham: , published 1761, page 263:
 * CHARITY is a virtue of the heart, and not of the hands, ſays an old writer. Gifts and alms are the expreſſions, not the eſſence of this virtue.
 * 1)  The true nature of anything, not accidental or illusory.
 * 2) Constituent substance.
 * 3) A being; especially, a purely spiritual being.
 * 4) A significant feature of something.
 * 5) The concentrated form of a plant or drug obtained through a distillation process.
 * 6) An extract or concentrate obtained from a plant or other matter used for flavouring, or as a restorative.
 * 7) Fragrance, a perfume.
 * 1) A significant feature of something.
 * 2) The concentrated form of a plant or drug obtained through a distillation process.
 * 3) An extract or concentrate obtained from a plant or other matter used for flavouring, or as a restorative.
 * 4) Fragrance, a perfume.
 * 1) An extract or concentrate obtained from a plant or other matter used for flavouring, or as a restorative.
 * 2) Fragrance, a perfume.
 * 1) Fragrance, a perfume.
 * 1) Fragrance, a perfume.
 * 1) Fragrance, a perfume.
 * 1) Fragrance, a perfume.

Synonyms

 * , ; See also Thesaurus:essence
 * , ; See also Thesaurus:gist
 * , ; See also Thesaurus:aroma

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: cövhər, mahiyyət
 * Belarusian: су́тнасць, суць
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: esence
 * Danish: essens
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: olemus
 * Farefare: essentia, esentia
 * Finnish:, perusolemus
 * French:
 * Galician: ,
 * Georgian: არსი, დედაარსი, რაობა
 * German:
 * Gothic: 𐍅𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍃
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: οὐσία
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Irish: garr
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh: маңыз, мән, мазмұн
 * Korean:
 * Latin: essentia
 * Macedonian: су́штина
 * Maltese: essenza
 * Maori:, ngako
 * Mongolian: мөн чанар
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: essens
 * Nynorsk: essens
 * Occitan:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: би̑т, суштѝна
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: esencia, podstata
 * Slovene: bistvo
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tajik: ҷавҳар
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: су́тність, суть
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese: (本質)
 * Welsh: rhin


 * Belarusian: су́тнасць
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: esence
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, perusolemus
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Latin: essentia
 * Macedonian: су́штина
 * Maltese: essenza
 * Mongolian: мөн чанар
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: essens
 * Nynorsk: essens
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovak: esencia
 * Slovene: bistvo
 * Spanish:
 * Ukrainian: су́тність
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh: rhin
 * Yiddish: תּוך


 * Finnish:


 * Finnish:


 * Finnish: keskeinen piirre,
 * Galician:
 * German: ,
 * Italian:
 * Russian: ва́жная черта́
 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 精
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: essens, koncentrat
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * Galician:
 * German: ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:
 * Macedonian: екстра́кт, концентра́т
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: essens
 * Nynorsk: essens
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: есѐнција
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: esencia, extrakt
 * Slovene: esenca
 * Spanish: ,


 * Finnish:
 * Galician:
 * Maori: waitāwhara
 * Slovak: esencia
 * Welsh: rhinflas


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: სურნელება
 * German: ,
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Macedonian: парфе́м, аро́ма
 * Maori: waitāwhara
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Slovene: esenca
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish:


 * Esperanto:

Etymology
From, from. Sense 2 very likely from Latin, in the sense of 'what is eaten, fuel'. Many forms of the latter are indistinguishable from the former, and so the confusion with essence is very understandable.

Noun

 * 1) petrol, gasoline
 * , essential oil
 * , essential oil