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)

Declension

Declension of presse

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	presse	pressen	presser	presserne
genitive	presses	pressens	pressers	pressernes

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

French

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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)
3. (regional) haste, hurry, rush

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

German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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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

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

presse f

1. plural of pressa

Anagrams

• sperse

Latin

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-?

Proto-Indo-European *pres-der.

Proto-Italic *pres-

Latin premō

Latin pressus

Proto-Italic *-ēd

Old Latin -ēd

Latin -ē

Latin pressē

From pressus + -ē.

Adverb

pressē (comparative pressius, superlative pressissimē)

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

Descendants

• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *pressō (see there for further descendants)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

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, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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.

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.

Portuguese

Contraction

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

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

Tarantino

Noun

presse

1. hurry, rush, urgency