compresse

See also: compressé

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.pʁɛs/
• Homophones: compressent, compresses

Noun

compresse f (plural compresses)

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

Verb

compresse

1. inflection of compresser:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /komˈprɛs.se/
• Rhymes: -ɛsse
• Hyphenation: com‧près‧se

Etymology 1

Noun

compresse f

1. plural of compressa

Etymology 2

Verb

compresse

1. third-person singular past historic of comprimere

Etymology 3

Participle

compresse f pl

1. feminine plural of compresso

Latin

Etymology

From compressus +‎ -ē.

Pronunciation

• compressē (adverb):
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɔmˈprɛs.seː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [komˈprɛs.se]
• compresse (participle):
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɔmˈprɛs.sɛ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [komˈprɛs.se]

Adverb

compressē (comparative compressius, superlative compressissimē)

1. in a compressed manner, briefly, succinctly
2. pressingly, urgently

Participle

compresse

1. vocative masculine singular of compressus

References

• “compresse”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “compresse”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “compresse”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.