kompres

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See also: compres and compress

Czech

Noun

kompres m inan

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

Declension

Danish

Noun

kompres n (singular definite kompresset, plural indefinite kompresser)

  1. compress

Declension

References

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔmˈprɛs/
  • Hyphenation: kom‧pres
  • Rhymes: -ɛs

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle French compresse, from Latin compressa.

Noun

kompres n (plural kompressen, diminutive kompresje n)

  1. compress, multiply folded cloth to apply to a patient's skin
Descendants
  • Caribbean Javanese: komprès

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Kompres, from Latin compressus.

Adjective

kompres (comparative kompresser, superlative meest kompres or komprest)

  1. compressed, condensed
Inflection
Declension of kompres
uninflected kompres
inflected kompresse
comparative kompresser
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial kompres kompresser het komprest
het kompreste
indefinite m./f. sing. kompresse kompressere kompreste
n. sing. kompres kompresser kompreste
plural kompresse kompressere kompreste
definite kompresse kompressere kompreste
partitive kompres kompressers
Alternative forms
Synonyms

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French compresse, from Middle French compresse, from Late Latin compressare, from Latin compressus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔm.prɛs/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔmprɛs
  • Syllabification: kom‧pres

Noun

kompres m inan (diminutive kompresik)

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

Declension

verbs

Further reading

  • kompres in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kompres in Polish dictionaries at PWN