presser

See also: Presser

English

Etymology 1

press (verb) +‎ -er (“agent -er”)

Noun

presser (plural pressers)

  1. A person or device that removes wrinkles, usually from clothing.

Etymology 2

press (“press release/press conference”) +‎ -er (“Variety -er”)

Noun

presser (plural pressers)

  1. (media, informal) A press release.
  2. (media, informal) A press conference or press briefing.

Synonyms

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

  1. (transitive) to urge
  2. (transitive) to squeeze, to squash
  3. (transitive) to hurry, to hurry up
  4. (reflexive) to hurry up
  5. (reflexive) to press against each other, to flock

Conjugation
Conjugation of presser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle pressant
/pʁɛ.sɑ̃/ or /pʁe.sɑ̃/
past participle pressé
/pʁɛ.se/ or /pʁe.se/
infinitive
simple presser
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple pressant
/pʁɛ.sɑ̃/ or /pʁe.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(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 historic2 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 present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present presse
/pʁɛs/		 presses
/pʁɛs/		 presse
/pʁɛs/		 pressions
/pʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /pʁe.sjɔ̃/		 pressiez
/pʁɛ.sje/ or /pʁe.sje/		 pressent
/pʁɛs/
imperfect2 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 present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — presse
/pʁɛs/		 — pressons
/pʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /pʁe.sɔ̃/		 pressez
/pʁɛ.se/ or /pʁe.se/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

presser m or f

  1. indefinite plural of presse

Verb

presser

  1. present of presse

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

presser f

  1. indefinite plural of presse
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