# presse
## Danish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpʰʁ̥asə], [ˈpʰʁ̥ɑsə]

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

presse c (singular definite pressen, plural indefinite presser)
* a press (a machine for pressing things, like fruits, cloths and books)
* a press (a machine for printing)
* the press (printed media and journalism)

##### Derived terms

* lokalpresse
* dagspresse
* verdenspresse
* trykpresse
* pressehetz

#### References

* “presse,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

### Etymology 2

Borrowed via German pressen from Latin pressare.

#### Verb

presse (imperative pres, present tense presser, passive presses, past tense pressede, past participle presset)
* to press, squeeze
* to push
* to force somebody to something

##### Derived terms

* utpresse

#### References

* “presse,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pʁɛs/
* Audio (France):(file)
* Audio (Quebec):(file)

### Noun

presse f (plural presses)
* press, papers (the media)
    La presse contrôle ma vie.The press controls my life.
* press (e.g. printing press)

#### Derived terms

* article de presse
* attaché de presse
* avoir bonne presse
* avoir mauvaise presse
* communiqué de presse
* conférence de presse
* liberté de la presse
* revue de presse
* titre de presse

### Verb

presse
* inflection of presser:
** first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “presse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* serpes

## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

presse
* inflection of pressen:
** first-person singular present
** first/third-person singular subjunctive I
** singular imperative

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈprɛs.se/
* Rhymes: -ɛsse
* Hyphenation: près‧se

### Noun

presse f
* plural of pressa

### Anagrams

* sperse

## Latin
### Etymology 1
#### Adverb

pressē (comparative pressius, superlative pressissimē)
* precisely
* accurately, exactly, correctly
* without ornament, simply (of speech)

##### Descendants

* ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *pressō

### Etymology 2
#### Participle

presse
* 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’s 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)
* a press (device, machine)
* the press (printed media)

##### Derived terms

* pressefrihet
* pressekonferanse
* pressemelding
* pressetalsmann
* trykkpresse

### 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)
* to press
* to squeeze (the juice from a lemon, orange etc.)

##### Derived terms

* utpresse

### References

* “presse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## 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)
* a press (device, machine)
* the press (printed media)

#### Derived terms

* pressekonferanse
* pressemelding
* pressetalsmann
* trykkpresse

### References

* “presse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Portuguese
### Contraction

presse (plural presses, feminine pressa, feminine plural pressas)
* (nonstandard, informal) Contraction of pra esse. (or para)

## Tarantino
### Noun

presse
* hurry, rush, urgency