premere

Italian

Etymology

From Latin premere, present active infinitive of premō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈprɛ.me.re/

Verb

premere

  1. (transitive) to press
  2. (transitive) to pull (a trigger)

Conjugation

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

  • premere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Verb

premēre

  1. second-person singular future passive indicative of premō

Verb

premere

  1. inflection of premō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative

Verb

premere

  1. present active infinitive of premō

References

  • premere in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to persist in an argument, press a point: argumentum premere (not urgere)
    • (ambiguous) to press the rearguard: novissimos premere

Old French

Adjective

premere f

  1. nominative/oblique feminine singular of premer
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