Essai (disambiguation)

Essai variously means attempt, test, trial, or essay in French.

Essai may also refer to:

• Essai, an alternative way of writing Yesai or Yessai (in Armenian Եսայի), an Armenian masculine given name
• Essai (coin), an alternative term for a pattern coin
• Essaï Altounian, French Armenian singer and member of Genealogy, supergroup singing for Armenian in Eurovision Song Contest 2015
• Essai sur le don, original title of The Gift by French sociologist Marcel Mauss that is the foundation of social theories of reciprocity and gift exchange

See also

• Neauphe-sous-Essai, a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.
• Studio d'Essai, later called Club d'Essai, founded in 1942 by Pierre Schaeffer, played a role in the activities of the French resistance during World War II, and later became a center of musical activity