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Ese Common

Ese has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the compass point midway between east and southeast

"The boat drifted toward ese before turning back into the harbor to avoid the storm."

2

Initialism of east-southeast.

"The soft music created an atmosphere of ease and pleasure throughout the evening."

3

dude, man. (Usually used vocatively.)

4

Ease; pleasure.

Proper Noun
1

a language of Oro Province, Papua New Guinea

"After moving to Port Moresby, she struggled until someone helped her learn some basic phrases in Ese to communicate with her neighbors from the Oro Province."

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
compass point

Origin

The word "ese" comes from Mexican Spanish, where it originally meant "dude." It was borrowed directly from the Spanish term ése.

Rhyming Words
lese mese rese hese dese amese geese feese neese obese leese these reese meese kreese yapese varese creese cheese agnese
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