essai

Betekenis

1. try, trial
2. assay
3. try
4. essay, composition of moderate length exploring a particular issue or subject

Geslacht

♂️ Mannelijk

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/e.sɛ/

Etymologie

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.