expresso
French, noun/ɛk.spʁɛ.so/
expresso is spelled E-X-P-R-E-S-S-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 32,719th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Expresso is a French masculine noun meaning “espresso” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Café très corsé avec un fort arôme, obtenu en faisant passer rapidement de l’eau bouillante sous pression à…”.
What does expresso mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineespresso
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Café très corsé avec un fort arôme, obtenu en faisant passer rapidement de l’eau bouillante sous pression à travers du café finement moulu et torréfié.
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 expresso
- expressos plural
- espresso
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce expresso?
- /ɛk.spʁɛ.so/
- /ɛk.spʁe.so/
- \ɛks.pʁɛ.so\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to expresso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is expresso in French?
expresso appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).