presser

English

Etymology 1

press (“press release/press conference”) +‎ -er (“Variety -er”)

Noun

presser (plural pressers)

1. (media, slang) A press release
2. (media, slang) A press conference or press briefing.

Etymology 2

press +‎ -er (“agent -er”)

Noun

presser (plural pressers)

1. A person or device that removes wrinkles, usually from clothing.

Anagrams

• repress

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French

Etymology

From Latin pressāre, present active infinitive of pressō, frequentative of premō.

Pronunciation

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Verb

presser

1. (transitive) to urge
2. (transitive) to squeeze, to squash
3. (transitive) to hurry, to hurry up
4. (reflexive) to hurry up
5. (reflexive) to press against each other, to flock

Conjugation

   Conjugation of presser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		presser			avoir pressé
gerund		en pressant			en ayant pressé
present participle		pressant
past participle		pressé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	presse	presses	presse	pressons	pressez	pressent
	imperfect	pressais	pressais	pressait	pressions	pressiez	pressaient
	past historic1	pressai	pressas	pressa	pressâmes	pressâtes	pressèrent
	future	presserai	presseras	pressera	presserons	presserez	presseront
	conditional	presserais	presserais	presserait	presserions	presseriez	presseraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	presse	presses	presse	pressions	pressiez	pressent
	imperfect1	pressasse	pressasses	pressât	pressassions	pressassiez	pressassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	presse	—	pressons	pressez	—
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Derived terms

• pressant
• pressé
• pression