pression

English

Noun

pression (countable and uncountable, plural pressions)

(rare) Pressure or an act of applying pressure.[1]

References

Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989

Anagrams

Nisperos, nisperos, poriness, ropiness, sinopers

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pressio.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pʁɛ.sjɔ̃/, /pʁe.sjɔ̃/
audio (file)

Noun

pression f (plural pressions)

pressure
(medicine, physics) pressure
(countable) popper (UK), snap (fastener) (US)

Derived terms

bière à la pression

Further reading

“pression” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Interlingua

Noun

pression (plural pressiones)

pressure

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