stresse

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See also: Stresse and stressé

English

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Noun

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stresse (countable and uncountable, plural stresses)

  1. Obsolete form of stress.
    • 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus:
      Which consisting of two Vectes or armes, converted towards each other, the innitency and stresse being made upon the hypomochlion or fulciment in the decussation, the greater compression is made by the union of two impulsors.

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Danish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English stress.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈsd̥ʁɛsə], [ˈsd̥ʁasə], [ˈsd̥ʁɑsə]

Verb

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stresse (imperative stress, present tense stresser, past tense stressede, past participle stresset, present participle stressende)

  1. (transitive) to stress, put under stress
  2. (intransitive) to be under stress, be busy

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French

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Verb

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stresse

  1. inflection of stresser:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Verb

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stresse (imperative stress, present tense stresser, passive stresses, simple past and past participle stressa or stresset, present participle stressende)

  1. to stress (cause or suffer emotional strain; be affected by stress)
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Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: stres‧se

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from English stress.

Noun

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stresse m (plural stresses)

  1. European Portuguese standard spelling of estresse.
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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stresse

  1. inflection of stressar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative