"nonessential" meaning in English

See nonessential in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: en-us-nonessential.ogg
Etymology: non- + essential Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|non|essential}} non- + essential Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} nonessential (not comparable)
  1. Not required; not essential. Tags: not-comparable Derived forms: nonessential amino acid Translations (not essential): несъществен (nesǎštestven) (Bulgarian), ei-välttämätön (Finnish), nichtessentiell (German), nepodstatný (Slovak), postrádateľný (Slovak), neesenciálny (Slovak)
    Sense id: en-nonessential-en-adj-Q4BFhimx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with non-, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Slovak translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 89 11 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with non-: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 91 9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: non-essential

Noun

Audio: en-us-nonessential.ogg Forms: nonessentials [plural]
Etymology: non- + essential Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|non|essential}} non- + essential Head templates: {{en-noun}} nonessential (plural nonessentials)
  1. Something that is not essential.
    Sense id: en-nonessential-en-noun-Mo1UY4Fw
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: non-essential

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSONL data for nonessential meaning in English (3.6kB)

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