presqu’île, n.f., (—-—s) peninsula.
☉presqu’ombre, n.f. V. pénombre.
pressage, n.m., pressing.
pressamment (-sa-mān), adv., pressingly, earnestly, urgently.
pressant, -e, adj., pressing, urgent, earnest, importunate, vigorous; acute (of pain).
presse, n.f., press (newspapers, machine); printing-press, haste, hurry; pressure, crowd, throng; impress (forcing men into the service); press-gang; urgency; (bot.) a clingstone peach. — à copier; copying-machine. — d’imprimerie; printing-press. — à satiner; hot-press, cold-press. Fendre la —; to force one’s way through the crowd. Cet ouvrage est sous —; this work is in the press. Mettre sous —; to send to press, to go to press. Il n’y a pas de —; there’s no hurry. Il n’y a pas —; there’s no crowd.
pressé, -e, adj., in haste, in a hurry; urgent, immediate; eager, anxious, very busy; close, serried, thick; condensed, brief, concise. Vous êtes bien —; you are in a great hurry. Cela n’est pas —; there’s no hurry for that. Je suis très —; I am very busy.
pressée, n.f., pressful; pressing, pressure.
pressement, n.m., pressing, compression.
pressément, adv., (l.u.) hurriedly, hastily.