presser

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English

Etymology 1

press (verb) +‎ -er (“agent -er”)

Noun

presser (plural pressers)

  1. A person or device that presses or squeezes.
    Visiting a traditional vineyard, we watched the grape pressers treading the grapes underfoot.
    • 1977, Billboard (volume 89, number 46)
      That's the name of the people who make the polystyrene compound used by pressers of records that don't warp.
  2. A member of a press-gang, who forces others into service.
    • 2012, Sophia Kingshill, ‎The Estate of Jennifer Westwood, The Fabled Coast
      Overnight, North Shields was cordoned off by soldiers while the pressers descended in force, and left with a haul of more than two hundred and fifty men, including sailors, mechanics, and every kind of labourer.
  3. A person or device that removes wrinkles, usually from clothing.
    • 1950, Carl Jonas, Snowslide (page 142)
      He saw the man who did the cleaning and pressing for the hotel, a man whom he had always seen before in the gloom of the pressing shop sweating over a steam presser.

Etymology 2

press (“press release/press conference”) +‎ -er (“Variety -er”)

Noun

presser (plural pressers)

  1. (media, informal) A press release.
  2. (media, informal) A press conference or press briefing.

Synonyms

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From Latin pressāre, present active infinitive of pressō, frequentative of premō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʁɛ.se/, /pʁe.se/
  • audio:(file)

Verb

presser

  1. (transitive) to urge
  2. (transitive) to squeeze, to squash
  3. (transitive) to hurry, to hurry up
  4. (reflexive) to hurry up
  5. (reflexive) to press against each other, to flock

Conjugation

Conjugation of presser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple presser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple pressant
/pʁɛ.sɑ̃/ or /pʁe.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle pressé
/pʁɛ.se/ or /pʁe.se/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present presse
/pʁɛs/ 		presses
/pʁɛs/ 		presse
/pʁɛs/ 		pressons
/pʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /pʁe.sɔ̃/ 		pressez
/pʁɛ.se/ or /pʁe.se/ 		pressent
/pʁɛs/
imperfect pressais
/pʁɛ.sɛ/ or /pʁe.sɛ/ 		pressais
/pʁɛ.sɛ/ or /pʁe.sɛ/ 		pressait
/pʁɛ.sɛ/ or /pʁe.sɛ/ 		pressions
/pʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /pʁe.sjɔ̃/ 		pressiez
/pʁɛ.sje/ or /pʁe.sje/ 		pressaient
/pʁɛ.sɛ/ or /pʁe.sɛ/
past historic2 pressai
/pʁɛ.se/ or /pʁe.se/ 		pressas
/pʁɛ.sa/ or /pʁe.sa/ 		pressa
/pʁɛ.sa/ or /pʁe.sa/ 		pressâmes
/pʁɛ.sam/ or /pʁe.sam/ 		pressâtes
/pʁɛ.sat/ or /pʁe.sat/ 		pressèrent
/pʁɛ.sɛʁ/ or /pʁe.sɛʁ/
future presserai
/pʁɛ.sʁe/ or /pʁe.sʁe/ 		presseras
/pʁɛ.sʁa/ or /pʁe.sʁa/ 		pressera
/pʁɛ.sʁa/ or /pʁe.sʁa/ 		presserons
/pʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /pʁe.sʁɔ̃/ 		presserez
/pʁɛ.sʁe/ or /pʁe.sʁe/ 		presseront
/pʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /pʁe.sʁɔ̃/
conditional presserais
/pʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /pʁe.sʁɛ/ 		presserais
/pʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /pʁe.sʁɛ/ 		presserait
/pʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /pʁe.sʁɛ/ 		presserions
/pʁɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /pʁe.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		presseriez
/pʁɛ.sə.ʁje/ or /pʁe.sə.ʁje/ 		presseraient
/pʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /pʁe.sʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present presse
/pʁɛs/ 		presses
/pʁɛs/ 		presse
/pʁɛs/ 		pressions
/pʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /pʁe.sjɔ̃/ 		pressiez
/pʁɛ.sje/ or /pʁe.sje/ 		pressent
/pʁɛs/
imperfect2 pressasse
/pʁɛ.sas/ or /pʁe.sas/ 		pressasses
/pʁɛ.sas/ or /pʁe.sas/ 		pressât
/pʁɛ.sa/ or /pʁe.sa/ 		pressassions
/pʁɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/ or /pʁe.sa.sjɔ̃/ 		pressassiez
/pʁɛ.sa.sje/ or /pʁe.sa.sje/ 		pressassent
/pʁɛ.sas/ or /pʁe.sas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — presse
/pʁɛs/ 		— pressons
/pʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /pʁe.sɔ̃/ 		pressez
/pʁɛ.se/ or /pʁe.se/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

presser m or f

  1. indefinite plural of presse

Verb

presser

  1. present tense of presse

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

presser f

  1. indefinite plural of presse
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