presse

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See also: Presse and pressé

Danish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈpʰʁ̥asə], [ˈpʰʁ̥ɑsə]

Etymology 1

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Borrowed via German Presse and French presse from Medieval Latin pressa.

Noun

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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)
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed via German pressen from Latin pressare.

Verb

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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
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French

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Noun

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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)

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Verb

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presse

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

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Anagrams

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German

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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presse

  1. inflection of pressen:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
    3. singular imperative

Italian

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

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presse f

  1. plural of pressa

Anagrams

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Latin

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Etymology 1

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Adverb

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pressē (comparative pressius, superlative pressissimē)

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

Etymology 2

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Participle

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presse

  1. vocative masculine singular of pressus

References

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  • 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)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

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From Medieval Latin pressa, via French presse and German Presse.

Noun

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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)
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Etymology 2

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From Latin pressare.

Verb

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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.)
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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Medieval Latin pressa, via French presse and German Presse.

Noun

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presse f (definite singular pressa, indefinite plural presser, definite plural pressene)

  1. a press (device, machine)
  2. the press (printed media)

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Portuguese

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Contraction

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

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

Tarantino

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Noun

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presse

  1. hurry, rush, urgency