inessifcommon nounSyllable DecompositioninessifEtymologyexpandfrom Latin inesse (to be in), and the suffix -if.Definition1. Grammatical case indicating, in some languages other than French, the place in which the action expressed by the verb takes place.linguistiqueexpandL'inessif correspond à l'emploi de la préposition française dans ou en.PluralinessifsTranslationsenglish:inessive case