# pres
## English
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɹɛz/
* Rhymes: -ɛz

#### Noun

pres
* Clipping of presentation.

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

pres
* Abbreviation of present.

### Etymology 3

From pre +‎ -s.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɹiːz/
* Rhymes: -iːz

#### Noun

pres
* plural of pre

#### Verb

pres
* third-person singular simple present indicative of pre.

### See also

* cy pres

### Anagrams

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

## Albanian
### Alternative forms

* prej, prëj — Gheg

### Etymology 1

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$^ə$t̰, “strife”)).

#### Verb

pres (aorist preva, participle prerë)
* to cut, carve, slice, hew

##### Conjugation

* Show compound tenses:
* [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)

##### Derived terms

* mbres

##### Related terms

* preh
* prëj, prej
* prehem

### Etymology 2

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

#### Verb

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

##### Conjugation

* Show compound tenses:
* [¹]: indicative future forms identical to conditional present
* [²]: indicative future perfect forms identical to conditional perfect

##### Derived terms

* pritë

##### Related terms

* pritem

### References

* ↑ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “pres”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 343
* ↑ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “pres”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 343-344

### Further reading

* “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]‎, 1980
* Newmark, L. (1999) “pres”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin prēnsus, from older prehensus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈpɾɛs]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ˈpɾəs]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈpɾes]

### Participle

pres (feminine presa, masculine plural presos, feminine plural preses)
* past participle of prendre

### Noun

pres m (plural presos, feminine presa)
* prisoner

#### Related terms

* presó

### Adjective

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

### References

* “pres” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “pres” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Czech
### Etymology

Derived from Latin premō.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈprɛs]

### Noun

pres m inan
* (informal) press (device used to apply pressure)
    Synonym: lis

#### Related terms

* akupresura
* antidepresivum
* dekomprese
* dekomprimovat
* deprese
* depresivní
* deprimovat
* expres
* exprese
* expresivita
* expresivní
* imprese
* impresionismus
* impresionista
* imunosupresivum
* komprese
* kompresní
* kompresor
* komprimovat
* represe
* represivní

### Further reading

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

## Old French
### Preposition

pres
* manuscript form of prés

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English press.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /prês/

### Noun

prȅs m (Cyrillic spelling пре̏с)
* (uninflected) press (collective term for journalists)

## Spanish
### Alternative forms

* press

### Noun

pres m (plural preses)
* press (exercise)
    Synonym: prensa
* plural of pre

## Welsh
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old English bræs.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /preːs/
* Rhymes: -eːs

#### Noun

pres m (uncountable)
* brass
* (obsolete) copper
    Synonym: copr
* (obsolete) bronze
    Synonym: efydd
* (North Wales) money
    Synonym: arian

#### Adjective

pres (feminine singular pres, plural pres, not comparable)
* made of brass
* (obsolete) made of copper
    Synonym: copr
* (obsolete) made of bronze
    Synonym: efydd

#### Derived terms

* adran bres (“brass section”)
* band pres (“brass band”)
* gem pres gloyw (“burnished brass, Diachrysia chrysitis”)
* gem pres main (“slender burnished brass, Thysanoplusia orichalcea”)
* gem pres prin (“rare burnished brass, Diachrysia chryson”)
* hirgorn pres (“brassy longhorn, Nemophora metallica”)
* offeryn pres (“brass instrument”)
* rhwbiad pres (“brass rubbing”)

### Etymology 2

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

#### Alternative forms

* près

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /prɛs/
* Rhymes: -ɛs

#### Noun

pres m (uncountable)
* (obsolete) press, oppression
* (obsolete) press, crush, throng, bustle

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* 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