pression
French, noun/pʁɛ.sjɔ̃/
pression is spelled P-R-E-S-S-I-O-N (8 letters) and appears 71 times per million words in written French, the 1,184th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pression is a French feminine noun meaning “pressure” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Force appliquée à une unité de surface, ou grandeur scalaire, exercée par un fluide sur une surface…”.
What does pression mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepressure
- 2
femininepressure
- 3
femininepopper (UK), snap (US) (fastener)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Force appliquée à une unité de surface, ou grandeur scalaire, exercée par un fluide sur une surface, perpendiculairement à celle-ci. 2. Action de presser. 3. Contrainte morale destinée à convaincre ou faire agir. 4. Bière servie à la tireuse, sous une pression de gaz.
noun: 1. Bouton-pression.
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 pression
- pressions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pression?
- /pʁɛ.sjɔ̃/
- /pʁe.sjɔ̃/
- \pʁɛ.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pression
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pression in French?
pression appears 71 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).