espresso

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Espresso

Etymology

From Italian espresso, from caffè espresso (“pressed-out coffee”), form of esprimere (“to press out”), from Latin exprimere, from ex- (“out”) + primere (“to press”).

Some sources derive the term from “expressly (‘individually, directly’) made for the customer”, or as “fast” (Italian espresso also meaning “fast”, as in English express (“fast”)) but these are not widely credited.

The original term for modern espresso (coffee extracted under pressure) was cream coffee, from Italian caffè crema (variant: crema caffè), due to the crema, and was seen on early Gaggia machines, but this term is no longer used.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ɛˈspɹɛsəʊ/, X-SAMPA: /E"sprEs@U/
• (GenAm) IPA: /ɛˈspɹɛsoʊ/, X-SAMPA: /E"sprEsoU/

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Noun

espresso (plural espressos)

1. A concentrated coffee beverage brewed by forcing hot water under high pressure through finely ground coffee.
2. A drink that includes espresso as an ingredient.

Related terms

• espresso breve

Translations

strong type of coffee

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 濃縮咖啡 (cmn), 浓缩咖啡 (cmn) (nóngsuō kāfēi), 濃咖啡 (cmn), 浓咖啡 (cmn) (nóng kāfēi)

• Czech: espresso (cs) n
• Finnish: espresso (fi)
• French: espresso (fr) m
• German: Espresso (de) m
• Greek: εσπρέσο (el) (espréso) m and n 
• Hungarian: eszpresszókávé, eszpresszó (hu)

• Italian: espresso (it) m
• Japanese: エスプレッソ (ja) (esupuresso)
• Korean: 에스프레소 (ko) (eseupeureso)
• Macedonian: еспресо (mk) (espréso) n
• Portuguese: café expresso
• Russian: эспрессо (ru) (esprɛ́sso) m and n  (indeclinable)
• Swedish: espresso (sv) c
• Turkish: espresso (tr)

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Czech

Noun

espresso n

1. espresso

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Finnish

Noun

espresso

1. espresso

Declension

Declension of espresso (type valo) singular plural nominative espresso espressot genitive espresson espressojen partitive espressoa espressoja accusative espresso espresson espressot inessive espressossa espressoissa elative espressosta espressoista illative espressoon espressoihin adessive espressolla espressoilla ablative espressolta espressoilta allative espressolle espressoille essive espressona espressoina translative espressoksi espressoiksi instructive – espressoin abessive espressotta espressoitta comitative – espressoineen

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Italian

Verb

espresso m (feminine espressa, masculine plural espressi, feminine plural espresse)

1. Past participle of esprimere

Adjective

espresso m (f espressa, m plural espressi, f plural espresse)

1. express

Noun

espresso m (plural espressi)

1. espresso (coffee)
2. express letter
3. express train

Related terms

• espressamente
• espressione
• espressivo

Anagrams

• spessore