presse

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. first-person singular present subjunctive of presser
5. second-person singular imperative of presser

Further reading

• “presse” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• serpes

Verb

presse

1. First-person singular present of pressen.
2. First-person singular subjunctive I of pressen.
3. Third-person singular subjunctive I of pressen.
4. Imperative singular of pressen.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛsse

Noun

presse f

1. plural of pressa

Anagrams

• sperse

Participle

presse

1. vocative masculine singular of pressus

Adverb

presse (not comparable)

1. deliberately

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 Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

From Latin pressare

References

• “presse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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)

References

• “presse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Noun

presse

1. hurry, rush, urgency