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presse

French, noun

presse is spelled P-R-E-S-S-E (6 letters) and appears 110 times per million words in written French, the 755th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Presse is a French feminine noun meaning “press, papers (the media)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of presser. With an accent, pressé is a different word: “quick, eager, impatient”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de presser”.

What does presse mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininepress, papers (the media)

    La presse contrôle ma vie.

  2. 2

    femininepress (e.g. printing press)

  3. 3

    femininehaste, hurry, rush

verb

  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

adjective

as pressé
  1. 1

    quick, eager, impatient

  2. 2

    pressing, urgent

  3. 3

    lacking (pressed for)

  4. 4

    pressed (fruit juice etc)

verb

as pressé
  1. 1

    past participle of presser

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui est empressé, désireux, impatient. 2. Se dit de personnes ou de choses serrées les unes contre les autres. 3. En manque. 4. Qui a hâte.

noun: 1. Action de presser. 2. Mécanisme qui, à l’aide d’un effort minime, permet d’exercer une pression considérable. 3. Machine destinée à presser et mettre en balles ou ballots le foin, la paille. 4. Machine au moyen de laquelle on imprime soit les feuilles d’un livre, soit des gravures, etc.

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 presse

  • presses plural
  • pressée feminine
  • pressés masculine plural
  • pressées feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to presse

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is presse in French?

presse appears 110 times per million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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