essai

Meaning

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

Concepts

test

essay

trial

try

attempt

experiment

assay

go

tryout

effort

rehearsal

trial run

composition

draft

experimentation

proof

shot

check

testing

endeavor

endeavour

dummy run

run-through

guess

trial2

belletrism

test run

probation

essays

miscellaneous writings

article

paper

thesis

treatise

experiments

trials

test procedure

proving

trial period

temptation

run

mental test

mental testing

psychometric test

bid

pass

goal

labor

aspiration

enterprise

exertion

lost cause

shot in the dark

struggle

the whole shooting match

willingness

work

prob

rehearse

sampler

testing and passing

try-out

writing

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/e.sɛ/

Etymology

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.