pressing
French, noun/pʁɛ.siŋ/
pressing is spelled P-R-E-S-S-I-N-G (8 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written French, the 21,879th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pressing is a French masculine noun meaning “dry cleaning shop, a dry-cleaner's” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Repassage à la vapeur”.
What does pressing mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedry cleaning shop, a dry-cleaner's
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Repassage à la vapeur. 2. Lieu, commerce où l’on repasse les vêtements à la vapeur après les avoir nettoyés, en particulier quand il s'agit de nettoyage à sec.
noun: 1. Placement offensif continu visant à perturber et dominer l’adversaire.
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 pressing
- pressings plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pressing?
- /pʁɛ.siŋ/
- /pʁe.siŋ/
- \pʁɛ.siŋ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pressing
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pressing in French?
pressing appears 1.8 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).