# interesse
## Danish
### Etymology

From Medieval Latin interesse, from Latin interesse (“to be or lie between”), from inter (“between”) and esse (“to be”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /entərrasə/, [entˢɐˀʁɑsə]

### Noun

interesse c (singular definite interessen, plural indefinite interesser)
* interest

#### Derived terms

* almeninteresse
* egeninteresse
* samfundsinteresse
* særinteresse

#### Related terms

* interessant
* interessent

### Further reading

* “interesse” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɪn.təˈrɛ.sə/, (informal, Northern Dutch) /ɪnˈtrɛ.sə/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: in‧te‧res‧se
* Rhymes: -ɛsə

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Interesse, from Latin interesse. Doublet of interest.

#### Noun

interesse f (plural interesses or interessen)
* interest (e.g. in a subject) [from 1870s]
    Synonym: belangstelling

##### Derived terms

* desinteresse

##### Related terms

* interessant
* interesseren
* interest

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

interesse f (uncountable)
* Obsolete form of interest.

### References

* ↑ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press

## Interlingua
### Noun

interesse (plural interesses)
* interest

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /in.teˈrɛs.se/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛsse
* Hyphenation: in‧te‧rès‧se

### Noun

interesse m (plural interessi)
* interest, concern
* (economy) interest
* money, money-making
* (in the plural) affairs, business

#### Synonyms

* (in the plural; affairs, business): affari

#### Derived terms

* interessare

### Anagrams

* intessere, ritenesse

## Latin
### Verb

interesse
* present active infinitive of intersum

### References

* "interesse", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Noun

interesse m (definite singular interessen, indefinite plural interesser, definite plural interessene)
* interest

#### Derived terms

* særinteresse

#### Related terms

* interessere

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Medieval Latin interesse, from Latin interesse.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɪntˈrɛsːə/

### Noun

interesse f (definite singular interessa, indefinite plural interesser, definite plural interessene)
* interest (interest and curiosity for something)
* interest (involvement, stake in a business or undertaking)

#### Derived terms

* særinteresse

#### Related terms

* interessere

### References

* “interesse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin interesse.

#### Alternative forms

* interêsse (pre-reform spelling)

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ĩ.teˈɾe.si/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ĩ.teˈɾe.si/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ĩ.teˈɾe.se/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ĩ.tɨˈɾe.sɨ/, (with ellision) /ĩˈtɾe.sɨ/, /ẽ.tɨˈɾe.sɨ/, (with ellision) /ẽˈtɾe.sɨ/
* Hyphenation: in‧te‧res‧se

#### Noun

interesse m (plural interesses)
* interest, curiosity
    Tenho um interesse em música.I'm interested in music.
* self-interest, especially when pretending to like someone to attain some benefit for oneself
    Ela só está consigo por interesse, pois você é rico.She is with you only for her own benefit since you are rich.

##### Related terms

* interessante
* interessar
* interesseiro

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ĩ.teˈɾɛ.si/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ĩ.teˈɾɛ.si/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ĩ.teˈɾɛ.se/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ĩ.tɨˈɾɛ.sɨ/, (with syncope) /ĩˈtɾɛ.sɨ/
* Hyphenation: in‧te‧res‧se

#### Verb

interesse
* inflection of interessar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative