"essentiel" meaning in French

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Adjective

IPA: /e.sɑ̃.sjɛl/ Audio: Fr-essentiel.ogg Forms: essentielle [feminine], essentiels [masculine, plural], essentielles [feminine, plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Late Latin essentiālis. Etymology templates: {{lbor|fr|LL.|essentiālis}} Learned borrowing from Late Latin essentiālis Head templates: {{fr-adj}} essentiel (feminine essentielle, masculine plural essentiels, feminine plural essentielles)
  1. essential Derived forms: quintessentiel, aller à l’essentiel, essentiellement, huile essentielle
    Sense id: en-essentiel-fr-adj-pVdRzs0R Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 58 42

Noun

IPA: /e.sɑ̃.sjɛl/ Audio: Fr-essentiel.ogg Forms: essentiels [plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Late Latin essentiālis. Etymology templates: {{lbor|fr|LL.|essentiālis}} Learned borrowing from Late Latin essentiālis Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} essentiel m (plural essentiels)
  1. essential; essence, essential part Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-essentiel-fr-noun-SW~yJDdU

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for essentiel meaning in French (3.6kB)

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          "ref": "2005, Marc-André Wagner, Le cheval dans les croyances germaniques: paganisme, christianisme et traditions [The Horse in Germanic Beliefs: Paganism, Christianity, and Traditions], Honoré Champion",
          "text": "Le dernier type est le \"cheval-jupon\", un terme que l’ethnologue réserve à un déguisement pour une personne, constitué comme suit : le corps de la personne est entouré à la taille par un tissu — le jupon — recouvrant l’essentiel de ses jambes, une tête du cheval en bois[…]",
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          "ref": "2005, Marc-André Wagner, Le cheval dans les croyances germaniques: paganisme, christianisme et traditions [The Horse in Germanic Beliefs: Paganism, Christianity, and Traditions], Honoré Champion",
          "text": "Le dernier type est le \"cheval-jupon\", un terme que l’ethnologue réserve à un déguisement pour une personne, constitué comme suit : le corps de la personne est entouré à la taille par un tissu — le jupon — recouvrant l’essentiel de ses jambes, une tête du cheval en bois[…]",
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