Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
pressura. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
pressura, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
pressura in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
pressura you have here. The definition of the word
pressura will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
pressura, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
French
Pronunciation
Verb
pressura
- third-person singular past historic of pressurer
Latin
Etymology
From pressō (“I press”), from pressus, perfect passive participle of premō (“I press”).
Pronunciation
Noun
pressūra f (genitive pressūrae); first declension
- a pressing, pressure
- throng, crowd
- an unnaturally long or heavy sleep
- (poetic) juice; that which is pressed out
- (figuratively) a burden
- (figuratively) oppression, affliction, distress
Declension
First-declension noun.
Synonyms
Descendants
References
- “pressura”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- pressura 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)
- pressura in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- pressura in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016