exprès, n.m., express (messenger).

exprès, adv., expressly, purposely, on purpose. Il semble fait — pour cela; he seems to be cut out for it. C’est un fait —; it is done on purpose.

express, n.m. and adj., (railways) express, express train. Le train —; the express train.

expressément, adv., expressly, positively; clearly, distinctly.

expressi-f, -ve, adj., expressive.

expression, n.f., expression, expressiveness, utterance. Son regard est plein d’—; his look is full of expression. — imaginaire; (alg.) imaginary, impossible, binomial. La plus simple —; (math.) the lowest terms. Réduire à la plus simple —; to reduce to the lowest terms.

exprimable, adj., expressible.

exprimer, v.a., to express, to press out, to squeeze out; to be expressive of; to declare, to utter, to tell; to word. — le suc d’une plante; to squeeze the juice out of a plant.

s’exprimer, v.r., to express one’s self; to be expressed.

ex professo, adv., ex professo.