compresser
French, verb/kɔ̃.pʁɛ.se/
compresser is spelled C-O-M-P-R-E-S-S-E-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 58,502nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Compresser is a French verb meaning “to compress” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Comprimer, exercer une pression continue”.
What does compresser mean in English?
verb
- 1
to compress
- 2
to zip, compress
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Comprimer, exercer une pression continue. 2. Diminuer la taille d’un ou de plusieurs fichiers au moyen d’un algorithme permettant leur restitution à l’identique, en vue de les stocker ou de les transférer.
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 compresser
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- compressant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- compressé participle past
- compresse first-person indicative present
- compresses indicative present second-person
- compressons first-person indicative plural
- compressez indicative plural present
- compressent indicative plural present
- compressais first-person imperfect indicative
- compressait imperfect indicative singular
- compressions first-person imperfect indicative
- compressiez imperfect indicative plural
- compressaient imperfect indicative plural
- compressai first-person historic indicative
- compressas historic indicative past
- compressa historic indicative past
- compressâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce compresser?
- /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.se/
- /kɔ̃.pʁe.se/
- \kɔ̃.pʁe.se\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to compresser
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is compresser in French?
compresser appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).