Masculin
essai
Signification (English)
- try, trial
- assay
- try
- essay, composition of moderate length exploring a particular issue or subject
Synonyms
expérience scientifique
écrits divers
Fréquence
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/e.sɛ/
Étymologie (English)
In summary
Inherited from Middle French, from Old French essai, from Late Latin exagium (“weighing”), hence English assay (compare also Spanish ensayo), from Latin exigō; the original sense of "trial" (if the gold is good) drifted towards a general meaning of "attempt". The literary meaning is given by Michel de Montaigne's masterpiece.
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