presser
See also: Presser
English
Etymology 1
press (verb) + -er (“agent -er”)
Noun
presser (plural pressers)
- A person or device that removes wrinkles, usually from clothing.
Etymology 2
press (“press release/press conference”) + -er (“Variety -er”)
Noun
presser (plural pressers)
- (media, informal) A press release.
- (media, informal) A press conference or press briefing.
Synonyms
- (press conference): newser
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Latin pressāre, present active infinitive of pressō, frequentative of premō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʁɛ.se/, /pʁe.se/
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Verb
presser
- (transitive) to urge
- (transitive) to squeeze, to squash
- (transitive) to hurry, to hurry up
- (reflexive) to hurry up
- (reflexive) to press against each other, to flock
Conjugation
Conjugation of presser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | presser | avoir pressé | |||||
| gerund | en pressant | en ayant pressé | |||||
| present participle | pressant /pʁɛ.sɑ̃/ or /pʁe.sɑ̃/ | ||||||
| past participle | pressé /pʁɛ.se/ or /pʁe.se/ | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| 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 historic1 | 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/ |
presseras /pʁɛ.sʁa/ |
pressera /pʁɛ.sʁa/ |
presserons /pʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ |
presserez /pʁɛ.sʁe/ |
presseront /pʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | presserais /pʁɛ.sʁɛ/ |
presserais /pʁɛ.sʁɛ/ |
presserait /pʁɛ.sʁɛ/ |
presserions /pʁɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
presseriez /pʁɛ.sə.ʁje/ |
presseraient /pʁɛ.sʁɛ/ | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | presse /pʁɛs/ |
presses /pʁɛs/ |
presse /pʁɛs/ |
pressions /pʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /pʁe.sjɔ̃/ |
pressiez /pʁɛ.sje/ or /pʁe.sje/ |
pressent /pʁɛs/ |
| imperfect1 | 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 | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | presse /pʁɛs/ |
— | pressons /pʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /pʁe.sɔ̃/ |
pressez /pʁɛ.se/ or /pʁe.se/ |
— | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “presser” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
presser m, f
- indefinite plural of presse
Verb
presser
- present tense of presse
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
presser f
- indefinite plural of presse
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