compresa

compresa

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /komˈpɾə.zə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /kumˈpɾɛ.zə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /komˈpɾe.za/
• Rhymes: -ɛza

Etymology 1

From Latin compressa, feminine form of compressus (“compressed”).

Noun

compresa f (plural compreses)

1. compress (cloth used to dress or apply pressure to wounds)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

compresa f sg

1. past participle of comprendre

Further reading

• “compresa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “compresa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “compresa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “compresa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /komˈpre.za/, (traditional) /komˈpre.sa/[1]
• Rhymes: -eza, (traditional) -esa
• Hyphenation: com‧pré‧sa

Adjective

compresa

1. feminine singular of compreso

Participle

compresa f sg

1. feminine singular of compreso

References

1. compreso in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

• comparse, scamperò, scompare

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin compressa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /komˈpɾesa/ [kõmˈpɾe.sa]
• Rhymes: -esa
• Syllabification: com‧pre‧sa

Noun

compresa f (plural compresas)

1. compress (cloth used to dress or apply pressure to wounds)
2. sanitary towel

Further reading

• “compresa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014