presse-étoupe
French, noun\pʁɛ.s‿e.tup\
presse-étoupe is a French masculine noun meaning “a watertight and/or airtight metallic piece with a seal for a driveshaft, valve, or other appliance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Passage de câble assurant l’étanchéité d’un appareil électrique”.
What does presse-étoupe mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea watertight and/or airtight metallic piece with a seal for a driveshaft, valve, or other appliance
- 2
masculinea seal for between the handle and the body of a tap
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Passage de câble assurant l’étanchéité d’un appareil électrique. 2. Pièce métallique garnie d’un joint assurant l’étanchéité des arbres de transmission. 3. Pièce d’étanchéité, généralement un joint, posée entre deux pièces en mouvement. 4. Pièce d’étanchéité entre la clé, ou volant, et le corps d’un robinet.
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-étoupe
- presse-étoupes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce presse-étoupe?
- \pʁɛ.s‿e.tup\
- [pʁɛ.ɬ͡s‿e.tup]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to presse-étoupe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.