presse

See also: Presse and pressé

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpʰʁ̥asə], [ˈpʰʁ̥ɑsə]

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)

Derived terms

• lokalpresse
• dagspresse
• verdenspresse
• trykpresse
• pressehetz

References

• “presse,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

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

Derived terms

• utpresse

References

• “presse,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁɛs/

• audio (France):

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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

• article de presse
• attaché de presse
• avoir bonne presse
• avoir mauvaise presse
• communiqué de presse
• conférence de presse
• liberté de la presse
• revue de presse
• titre de presse

 

Verb

presse

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

Further reading

• “presse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• serpes

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German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Verb

presse

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

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Italian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

presse f

1. plural of pressa

Anagrams

• sperse

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Latin

Etymology 1

Adverb

pressē (comparative pressius, superlative pressissimē)

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

Etymology 2

Participle

(deprecated template usage) 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)

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Norwegian Bokmål

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

• pressefrihet
• pressekonferanse
• pressemelding
• pressetalsmann
• trykkpresse

 

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.)

Derived terms

• utpresse

References

• “presse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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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)

Derived terms

• pressekonferanse
• pressemelding
• pressetalsmann
• trykkpresse

References

• “presse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Portuguese

Contraction

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

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

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Tarantino

Noun

presse

1. hurry, rush, urgency