Aristotle believed that the celestial bodies were made of a fifth element, called the aether or quintessence.
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Quintessence
//kwɪnˈtɛs.əns//
Synonyms for "quintessence" (150 found)
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Related words (75)
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More general
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derived
4 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
Translations
46 translations across 24 languages.
Armenian
2 entries- բուն էություն noun (essence in its most pure and concentrated form)
- քվինտ-էսենցիա noun (essence in its most pure and concentrated form)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 典範 /典范 noun (most perfect example of its type)
- 精粹 noun (most perfect example of its type)
- 精髓 noun (essence in its most pure and concentrated form)
Danish
1 entries- kvintessens noun (most perfect example of its type)
Dutch
4 entries- essentie noun (essence in its most pure and concentrated form)
- kwintessens noun (most perfect example of its type)
- kwintessens noun (pure substance)
- kwintessens noun (essence in its most pure and concentrated form)
Finnish
4 entries- kvintessenssi noun (physics: hypothetical form of dark energy)
- perikuva noun (most perfect example of its type)
- puhdas aine noun (pure substance)
- ruumiillistuma noun (most perfect example of its type)
French
1 entries- quintessence noun (most perfect example of its type)
Galician
3 entries- quintaesencia noun (most perfect example of its type)
- quintaesencia noun (pure substance)
- quintaesencia noun (essence in its most pure and concentrated form)
Georgian
4 entries- დედაარსი noun (essence in its most pure and concentrated form)
- კვინტესენცია noun (most perfect example of its type)
- კვინტესენცია noun (pure substance)
- კვინტესენცია noun (essence in its most pure and concentrated form)
German
2 entries- Inbegriff noun (most perfect example of its type)
- Quintessenz noun (most perfect example of its type)
Greek
3 entries- πεμπτουσία noun (most perfect example of its type)
- πεμπτουσία noun (pure substance)
- πεμπτουσία noun (essence in its most pure and concentrated form)
Hindi
2 entries- खरा noun (pure substance)
- शुद्ध noun (pure substance)
Interlingua
1 entries- quintessentia noun (most perfect example of its type)
Italian
1 entries- quintessenza noun (most perfect example of its type)
Kazakh
1 entries- түйін noun (essence in its most pure and concentrated form)
Lithuanian
1 entries- kvintesencija noun (most perfect example of its type)
Māori
1 entries- tino noun (essence in its most pure and concentrated form)
Persian
1 entries- نمونهٔ اعلی noun (most perfect example of its type)
Polish
1 entries- kwintesencja noun (most perfect example of its type)
Portuguese
1 entries- quintessência noun (most perfect example of its type)
Russian
1 entries- квинтэссе́нция noun (most perfect example of its type)
Spanish
2 entries- quintaesencia noun (most perfect example of its type)
- quintaescenciar verb (Translations)
Swedish
1 entries- kvintessens noun (most perfect example of its type)
Turkish
1 entries- en mükemmel örnek noun (most perfect example of its type)
Yiddish
3 entries- עיקר noun (most perfect example of its type)
- קווינטעסענץ noun (most perfect example of its type)
- תּמצית noun (most perfect example of its type)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
It was once believed that the celestial bodies sat in quintessence, a fifth element not found on Earth.
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Unicorns use quintessence for magical purposes.
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As families and kindreds sometimes do; producing, after long ages of unnoted notability, some living quintescence of all the qualities they had, to flame forth as a man world-noted […]
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