compressa

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French

Pronunciation

Verb

compressa

  1. third-person singular past historic of compresser

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /komˈprɛs.sa/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛssa
  • Hyphenation: com‧près‧sa

Etymology 1

From compresso.

Noun

compressa f (plural compresse)

  1. compress
  2. tablet, pill
    Synonyms: pasticca, pillola
Descendants
  • → Greek: κομπρέσα f (komprésa)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

compressa

  1. feminine singular of compresso

Participle

compressa f sg

  1. feminine singular of compresso

Further reading

  • compressa in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • compressa in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  • compressa in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • compressa in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • compressa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Latin

Pronunciation

Participle

compressa

  1. inflection of compressus:
    1. nominative/vocative/ablative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Occitan

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

compressa f (plural compressas) (Limousin)

  1. compress

References

  • Yves Lavalade, Dictionnaire d'usage occitan/français - Limousin, Marche, Périgord, Institut d'Estudis Occitans dau Lemosin, 2010, →ISBN, page 177.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛsɐ
  • Hyphenation: com‧pres‧sa

Etymology 1

From French compresse, from Latin compressus, past participle of comprimĕre.

Noun

compressa f (plural compressas)

  1. (medicine) compress (cloth used to dress or apply pressure to wounds)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

compressa

  1. feminine singular of compresso

Further reading

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