pres

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pres"

English

Noun

pres

1. Abbreviation of presentation.

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Albanian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Albanian *pretja, from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to strike, beat”) (compare Ancient Greek πρίω (príō, “to saw”), Lithuanian per̃ti (“to flog, beat with besom”), Avestan [script needed] (pərət)).

Verb

pres (first-person singular past tense preva, participle prerë)

1. I cut, I carve, I slice

Derived terms

• mbres

Etymology 2

From Proto-Albanian *pratja, from Proto-Indo-European *prat- (compare Dutch vroed (“wise, clever”), Lithuanian pràsti (“to understand”)).

Verb

pres (first-person singular past tense prita, participle pritur)

1. I wait; I expect

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin prensus, from prehensus.

Verb

pres

1. past participle of prendre

Noun

pres m (plural presos, feminine presa)

1. prisoner

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Old French

Alternative forms

• prés (alternative typography)

Preposition

pres

1. near; close

Usage notes

• often used in the form pres de (near to; close to) both in the sense of distance and of time

  Se alchuns est pres de mort

  If someone is close to death

Descendants

• French: près

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From English press.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prês/

Noun

prȅs m (Cyrillic spelling пре̏с)

1. (uninflected) press (collective term for journalists)

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• press

Noun

pres m

1. press (exercise)

Synonyms

• prensa