pres

• IPA^(key): /pɹɛz/
• Rhymes: -ɛz

pres

1. Clipping of presentation.

pres

1. Abbreviation of present.

From pre +‎ -s.

• IPA^(key): /pɹiːz/
• Rhymes: -iːz

pres

1. plural of pre

pres

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pre.

pres

1. (Australia, slang) Abbreviation of pregames.

• cy pres

• EPRs, ERPs, ERSP, Pers., RESP, Reps, Reps., SERP, Sper, pers, pers., reps, resp, resp.

• prej, prëj — Gheg

From Proto-Albanian *p(e)retja, from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to strike, beat”) (compare Ancient Greek πρίω (príō, “to saw”), Lithuanian per̃ti (“to flog, beat with besom”), Avestan 𐬞𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬝 (pər^ət̰, “strife”)).^[1]

pres (aorist preva, participle prerë)

1. to cut, carve, slice, hew

• [¹]: indicative future forms identical to conditional present
• [²]: indicative future perfect forms identical to conditional perfect
• (³): Gheg alternative forms for Standard Albanian and Tosk)

• mbres
• presë
• presje
• i prerë

• preh
• prëj, prej
• prehem

From Proto-Albanian *pratja, from Proto-Indo-European *prot- (compare Dutch vroed (“wise, clever”), Lithuanian pràsti (“to understand”)).^[2]

pres (aorist prita, participle pritur) (active voice form of mediopassive pritem (“to be expected”))

1. to wait; to expect

• [¹]: indicative future forms identical to conditional present
• [²]: indicative future perfect forms identical to conditional perfect

• pritë

• pritem

• “pres”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980
• Newmark, Leonard (1999), “pres”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎^[2]

Inherited from Latin prēnsus, from older prehensus.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈpɾɛs]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈpɾəs]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈpɾes]

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pres (feminine presa, masculine plural presos, feminine plural preses)

1. past participle of prendre

pres m (plural presos, feminine presa, feminine plural preses)

1. prisoner

• presó

pres (feminine presa, masculine plural presos, feminine plural preses)

1. imprisoned

• “pres”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “pres” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Derived from Latin premō.

• IPA^(key): [ˈprɛs]

pres m inan

1. (informal) press (device used to apply pressure)

   Synonym: lis

• “pres”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “pres”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Borrowed from English press, from Middle English presse (“throng, crowd, clothespress”), partially from Old English press (“clothespress”) (from Medieval Latin pressa) and from Old French presse (Modern French presse) from Old French presser (“to press”), from Latin pressāre, from pressus, past participle of premere (“to press”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈprɛs/ [ˈprɛs]
• Rhymes: -ɛs
• Syllabification: pres

pres (plural pres-pres)

1. press

• “pres”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

pres

1. manuscript form of prés

Borrowed from English press.

• IPA^(key): /prês/

prȅs m inan (Cyrillic spelling пре̏с)

1. (uninflected) press (collective term for journalists)

• press

pres m (plural preses)

1. press (exercise)

   Synonym: prensa

2. plural of pre

Borrowed from Old English bræs.

• IPA^(key): /preːs/
• Rhymes: -eːs

pres m (uncountable)

1. brass
2. (obsolete) copper

   Synonym: copr

3. (obsolete) bronze

   Synonym: efydd

4. (North Wales) money

   Synonym: arian

pres (feminine singular pres, plural pres, not comparable)

1. made of brass
2. (obsolete) made of copper

   Synonym: copr

3. (obsolete) made of bronze

   Synonym: efydd

From Middle Welsh pres, from Proto-Brythonic *pres, from Latin pressus.

• près

• IPA^(key): /prɛs/
• Rhymes: -ɛs

pres m (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) press, oppression
2. (obsolete) press, crush, throng, bustle

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “pres”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies