compressa

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sa/ ~ /kɔ̃.pʁe.sa/
• Homophones: compressas, compressât

Verb

compressa

1. third-person singular past historic of compresser

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /komˈprɛs.sa/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛssa
• Hyphenation: com‧près‧sa

Etymology 1

From compresso.

Noun

compressa f (plural compresse)

1. compress
2. tablet, pill

   Synonyms: pasticca, pillola

Descendants

• → Greek: κομπρέσα f (komprésa)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

compressa

1. feminine singular of compresso

Participle

compressa f sg

1. feminine singular of compresso

Further reading

• compressa in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• compressa in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• compressa in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• compressa in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• compressa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• comprasse, scomparse

Latin

Pronunciation

• compressa:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɔmˈprɛs.sa]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [komˈprɛs.sa]
• compressā:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɔmˈprɛs.saː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [komˈprɛs.sa]

Participle

compressa

1. inflection of compressus:
   1. nominative/vocative/ablative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Occitan

Alternative forms

• compraissa

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn):

  (file)

Noun

compressa f (plural compressas) (Limousin)

1. compress

Related terms

• compression
• comprimar

References

• Yves Lavalade (2010), Dictionnaire d'usage occitan/français - Limousin, Marche, Périgord (in French), Institut d'Estudis Occitans dau Lemosin, →ISBN, page 177.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kõˈpɾɛ.sɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɛsɐ
• Hyphenation: com‧pres‧sa

Etymology 1

From French compresse, from Latin compressus, past participle of comprimĕre.

Noun

compressa f (plural compressas)

1. (medicine) compress (cloth used to dress or apply pressure to wounds)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

compressa

1. feminine singular of compresso

Further reading

• “compressa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “compressa”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “compressa” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “compressa”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “compressa”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “compressa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025