"esh" meaning in English

See esh in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: eshes [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛʃ Head templates: {{en-noun}} esh (plural eshes)
  1. The IPA symbol ʃ.
    Sense id: en-esh-en-noun-vtg1Qy5Y Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Phonemes Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of Phonemes: 52 48
  2. The letter Ʃ/ʃ, used by some African languages.
    Sense id: en-esh-en-noun-sEXUDoqh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Latin letter names, Phonemes Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of Latin letter names: 42 58 Disambiguation of Phonemes: 52 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: shibilant, tesh

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "shibilant"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "tesh"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "eshes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "esh (plural eshes)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "45 55",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Phonemes",
          "orig": "en:Phonemes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The IPA symbol ʃ."
      ],
      "id": "en-esh-en-noun-vtg1Qy5Y",
      "links": [
        [
          "IPA",
          "IPA"
        ],
        [
          "symbol",
          "symbol"
        ],
        [
          "ʃ",
          "ʃ"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "45 55",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "42 58",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Latin letter names",
          "orig": "en:Latin letter names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Phonemes",
          "orig": "en:Phonemes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The letter Ʃ/ʃ, used by some African languages."
      ],
      "id": "en-esh-en-noun-sEXUDoqh",
      "links": [
        [
          "letter",
          "letter"
        ],
        [
          "Ʃ",
          "Ʃ"
        ],
        [
          "ʃ",
          "ʃ"
        ],
        [
          "African",
          "African"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛʃ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "esh"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛʃ",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛʃ/1 syllable",
    "en:Latin letter names",
    "en:Phonemes",
    "sq:Mammals"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "shibilant"
    },
    {
      "word": "tesh"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "eshes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "esh (plural eshes)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The IPA symbol ʃ."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "IPA",
          "IPA"
        ],
        [
          "symbol",
          "symbol"
        ],
        [
          "ʃ",
          "ʃ"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The letter Ʃ/ʃ, used by some African languages."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "letter",
          "letter"
        ],
        [
          "Ʃ",
          "Ʃ"
        ],
        [
          "ʃ",
          "ʃ"
        ],
        [
          "African",
          "African"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛʃ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "esh"
}

Download raw JSONL data for esh meaning in English (0.8kB)

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-01-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-01-01 using wiktextract (96027d6 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.