presse

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See also: Presse and pressé

Danish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed via German Presse and French presse from Medieval Latin pressa.

Noun

presse c (singular definite pressen, plural indefinite presser)

  1. a press (a machine for pressing things, like fruits, cloths and books)
  2. a press (a machine for printing)
  3. the press (printed media and journalism)
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Etymology 2

Borrowed via German pressen from Latin pressare.

Verb

presse (imperative pres, present tense presser, passive presses, past tense pressede, past participle presset)

  1. to press, squeeze
  2. to push
  3. to force somebody to something
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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʁɛs/
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Noun

presse f (plural presses)

  1. press, papers (the media)
    La presse contrôle ma vie.
    The press controls my life.
  2. press (e.g. printing press)

Derived terms

Verb

presse

  1. inflection of presser:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

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Anagrams

German

Pronunciation

Verb

presse

  1. inflection of pressen:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
    3. singular imperative

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈprɛs.se/
  • Rhymes: -ɛsse
  • Hyphenation: près‧se

Noun

presse f

  1. plural of pressa

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology 1

Adverb

pressē (comparative pressius, superlative pressissimē)

  1. precisely
  2. accurately, exactly, correctly
  3. without ornament, simply (of speech)

Etymology 2

Participle

presse

  1. vocative masculine singular of pressus

References

  • “presse”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “presse”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • presse in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • presse in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

From Medieval Latin pressa, via French presse and German Presse.

Noun

presse f or m (definite singular pressa or pressen, indefinite plural presser, definite plural pressene)

  1. a press (device, machine)
  2. the press (printed media)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Latin pressare.

Verb

presse (imperative press, present tense presser, passive presses, simple past and past participle pressa or presset, present participle pressende)

  1. to press
  2. to squeeze (the juice from a lemon, orange etc.)
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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Medieval Latin pressa, via French presse and German Presse.

Noun

presse f (definite singular pressa, indefinite plural presser, definite plural pressene)

  1. a press (device, machine)
  2. the press (printed media)

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Portuguese

Contraction

presse (plural presses, feminine pressa, feminine plural pressas)

  1. (nonstandard, informal) Contraction of pra esse. (or para)

Tarantino

Noun

presse

  1. hurry, rush, urgency
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