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persen

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛrsə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: per‧sen
  • Rhymes: -ɛrsən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch persen. Equivalent to pers + -en. Compare English pierce.

Verb

persen

  1. to press tight, to squeeze
    Hij perst het sap uit de sinaasappels.
    He presses the juice out of the oranges.
Conjugation
Derived terms
verbs
  • aaneenpersen
  • aanpersen
  • afpersen
  • dichtpersen
  • dieppersen
  • doorpersen
  • droogpersen
  • herpersen
  • ineenpersen
  • inpersen
  • leegpersen
  • napersen
  • natpersen
  • neerpersen
  • omhoogpersen
  • ontpersen
  • opeenpersen
  • openpersen
  • oppersen
  • overpersen
  • platpersen
  • samenpersen
  • stukpersen
  • terugpersen
  • toepersen
  • uitpersen
  • vastpersen
  • verpersen
  • volpersen
  • voortpersen
  • warmpersen
  • wegpersen
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: pers

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

persen

  1. plural of pers
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Ilocano

Etymology

From perres + -en.

Pronunciation

  • (Northern Ilocano) IPA(key): /perˈsen/ [perˈsen]
  • (Southern Ilocano) IPA(key): /pɯrˈsɯn/ [pɯrˈsɯn]
  • Hyphenation: per‧sen

Verb

përsë́n (perfective pinerres, imperfective perpersen, past imperfective pinerperres, future persento)

  1. to press; to squeeze

Conjugation

References

  • Rubino, Carl Ralph Galvez (2000), “persen”, in Byron W. Bender, editor, Ilocano Dictionary and Grammar: Ilocano-English, English-Ilocano (overall work in English and Ilocano), Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 454
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Malay

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