essayer

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to test, to try on
  2. (catenative) to try, to attempt
  3. (reflexive) to try one's hand

Concepts

try
attempt
test
assay
try on
endeavour
seek
🔍
try out
taste
prove
essay
hear
sample
strive
look for
move
adjudicate
present
render
set about
show
stage
struggle
tempt

come at

turn around
undertake
have a go

have a try

pilot
🧑‍✈️
aspire
bear witness
check
dare
demonstrate
display
do
endeavor
examine
exhibit
expose
fit
judge
🧑‍⚖️
Synonyms

tenter
B2
tester
B2
éprouver
C2
tâcher
25k

mettre à l’épreuve

chercher
A1
entreprendre
21k

s’efforcer

faire l’essai

goûter
B2
vérifier
A2
parodier
mesurer
C1

s’efforcer de

efforcer
33k
entendre
A1
expérimenter
C2
imiter
C2
mesure
B1
montrer
A2
observer
B2
offrir
B1
peiner
46k
poursuivre
B2
pratiquer
C1
présenter
B1
priser
regarder
A1
rendre
A1
rendre visite

se démener

solliciter
28k
surveiller
B1
tendre
B2
trouver
A1
🔍

faire un essai

intenter
33k

s’{{t+|fr|efforcer}}

se dévouer à quelque chose

s' enforcer

aspirer
C2
assumer
C1
combattre
B2
comparer
C1
coûter
B2
décider
B1
déguster
23k
démontrer
C2
diagnostiquer
27k
examiner
B2
Translations

probar
provare
versuchen
probieren
proberen
intentar
tentar
provar
experimentar

δοκιμάζω

ensaiar
ensayar
tentare
provar
Frequency

A1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/e.sɛ.je/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle French
essayer
Inherited from Old French
essaiier
In summary

Inherited from Middle French essayer, essaier, from Old French essaiier, essayer, essaier, from essay, essai (“attempt; assay; experiment”) + -er (“infinitive-forming suffix”), from Late Latin exagium (“weight; weighing, testing on the balance”), from Latin exigere + -ium, from ex- + agere, from Proto-Italic *agō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti.

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