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essential (EN)
adjectif, nom

adjectif “essential”

forme de base essential (more/most)
  1. essentiel
    Drinking clean water is essential for good health.
  2. essentiel (relatif à la nature intrinsèque)
    Freedom of speech is an essential principle of democracy.
  3. essentiel (relatif à l'essence d'une plante)
    The essential oil from the lavender plant gives the soap its calming scent.
  4. essentiel (nécessaire à obtenir par l'alimentation)
    Certain amino acids are essential because our bodies cannot produce them.
  5. essentiel (médecine, se produisant sans cause connue)
    The patient was diagnosed with essential tremor, which has no clear underlying cause.

nom “essential”

s. essential, pl. essentials
  1. essentiel
    Food and shelter are essentials for survival.
  2. élément fondamental
    The course teaches the essentials of computer programming.