compresse
French, noun
compresse is spelled C-O-M-P-R-E-S-S-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 44,377th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Compresse is a French feminine noun meaning “compress (cloth used to dress or apply pressure to wounds)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of compresser. With an accent, compressé is a different word: “past participle of compresser”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Morceau de linge simple, ou plié en plusieurs doubles, qu’on applique sur un pansement pour le maintenir ou…”.
What does compresse mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecompress (cloth used to dress or apply pressure to wounds)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of compresser
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Morceau de linge simple, ou plié en plusieurs doubles, qu’on applique sur un pansement pour le maintenir ou directement sur une partie blessée ou malade.
adjective: 1. Qui a subi une compression.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of compresse
- compresses plural
- compressée feminine
- compressés masculine plural
- compressées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to compresse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is compresse in French?
compresse appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).