presse

See also: Presse and pressé

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁɛs/

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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)

Verb

presse

1. first-person singular present indicative of presser
2. third-person singular present indicative of presser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of presser
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of presser
5. second-person singular imperative of presser

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

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Verb

presse

1. (deprecated template usage) First-person singular present of pressen.
2. (deprecated template usage) First-person singular subjunctive I of pressen.
3. (deprecated template usage) Third-person singular subjunctive I of pressen.
4. (deprecated template usage) Imperative singular of pressen.

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Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛsse

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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Tarantino

Noun

presse

1. hurry, rush, urgency