impresa

English

Alternative forms

• imprese, impress

Etymology

From Italian.

Noun

impresa (plural impresas)

1. (heraldry) A device on a shield or seal, or used as a bookplate etc.
   • 1613, John Webster, “A Monumental Column, A Funeral Elegy” in Three Elegies on the most lamented Death of Prince Henrie, London: William Welbie,^[1]

     My impresa to your lordship; a swan

     Flying to a laurel for shelter.

   • 1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 9, lines 33-35,^[2]

     […] or to describe Races and Games,

     Or tilting Furniture, emblazon’d Shields,

     Impreses quaint, Caparisons and Steeds;

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “impresa”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• empairs, primase

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [imˈpɾɛ.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [imˈpɾə.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [imˈpɾe.za]

Verb

impresa f sg

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Italian

Etymology

From imprendere.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eza

Noun

impresa f (plural imprese)

1. enterprise, undertaking, exploit, feat, endeavour
2. company, firm, business, concern

   Synonyms: azienda, ditta, società

Related terms

• impresario
• piccole e medie imprese (PMI)

 

Anagrams

• esprima, permasi, presami, primase, sapermi

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /imˈpɾesa/ [ĩmˈpɾe.sa]

Adjective

impresa

1. (deprecated template usage) Feminine singular of adjective impreso.

Verb

impresa

1. Template:es-verb form of/participle imprimir.