presse

See also: Presse and pressé

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpʰʁ̥asə], [ˈpʰʁ̥ɑsə]

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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)
Declension
Declension of presse
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative presse pressen presser presserne
genitive presses pressens pressers pressernes
Derived terms
  • lokalpresse
  • dagspresse
  • verdenspresse
  • trykpresse
  • pressehetz

References

Etymology 2

Borrowed via German pressen from Latin pressare.

Verb

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
Derived terms

References

French

Etymology

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    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)

    Derived terms

    Verb

    presse

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

    Further reading

    Anagrams

    German

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    presse

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

    Italian

    Pronunciation

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

    Noun

    presse f

    1. plural of pressa

    Anagrams

    Latin

    Etymology 1

    Adverb

    pressē (comparative pressius, superlative pressissimē)

    1. precisely
    2. accurately, exactly, correctly
    3. without ornament, simply (of speech)
    Descendants
    • Vulgar Latin: *pressō

    Etymology 2

    Participle

    presse

    1. vocative masculine singular of pressus

    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 Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • "presse", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

    Norwegian Bokmål

    Etymology 1

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

    Noun

    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)
    Derived terms

    Etymology 2

    From Latin pressare.

    Verb

    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.)
    Derived terms

    References

    Norwegian Nynorsk

    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)

    Derived terms

    References

    Portuguese

    Contraction

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

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

    Tarantino

    Noun

    presse

    1. hurry, rush, urgency