premaĵo

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premaĵoj (sense 1)
premaĵoj (sense 2)

Etymology

From premi (to press/squeeze, transitive verb) +‎ -aĵo (possessing the quality of, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /preˈmaʒo/
  • Rhymes: -aʒo
  • Hyphenation: pre‧ma‧ĵo

Noun

premaĵo (accusative singular premaĵon, plural premaĵoj, accusative plural premaĵojn)

  1. trace (something caused by pressure)
    Hypernym: premsigno
    Hyponym: fingropremaĵo
    • 1965, Arthur Conan Doyle, La aventuro de la kriplulo, published 1965, archived from the original on 2022-07-04:
      tio ne estas la premaĵo de simio.
      But that's not the monkey's predicament.
    • 1997, Michael Ende, “La Aĥarajoj ”, in Diestel, Wolfram, transl., La Senĉesa Rakonto , Berlin—Maribor: Germana Esperanto-Asocio; Inter-Kulturo, published 1997, →ISBN:
      La premaĵoj de ĝiaj grandegaj lokusta piedoj facile estis distingeblaj.
      And the prints of the giant grasshopper feet were clearly discernible.
    • 2015 September 1, “La migranto-krizo”, in Balkana Verda Stelo, archived from the original on 2017-11-05, page 3:
      la montrofingro estas premata kaj la premaĵo bite sendita .
      has their index finger pressed and the printout sent .
  2. (medicine, pharmacy) tablet (pill)
    Hypernym: medikamento
    premaĵo el aspirinotablet made of aspirin

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