ens
An entity or being; an existing thing, as opposed to a quality or attributeAn entity or being; an existing thing, as opposed to a quality or attribute.
» The toponym Tunis comes from the root "ens", a night camp for troops.
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2 sensesAn entity or being; an existing thing, as opposed to a quality or attribute.
(historical)Something supposed to condense within itself all the virtues and qualities of a substance from which it is extracted; an essence, an active principle.
Examples
1 sentencesThe toponym Tunis comes from the root "ens", a night camp for troops.
Origin
From Late Latin ēns (“thing”), from esse (“to be”). See entity.From Late Latin ēns (“thing”), from esse (“to be”). See entity.
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Forms
plural: enses / entiaWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.