Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pression

/ˈpɹɛʃən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.58 in modern English

Syllables: pres-sion
IPA: /ˈpɹɛʃən/

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Pressure or an act of applying pressure.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-? Proto-Indo-European *pres-der. Proto-Italic *pres- Latin premō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin pressiō, pressiōnislbor. English pression Learned borrowing from Latin pressiō, pressiōnis.

Usage

Inflected Forms

pressions (plural)

Rhymes With

session depression expression possession impression angle of depression profession obsession confession recession compression oppression

Questions

How do you pronounce pression?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpɹɛʃən/.
What does pression mean?: Pressure or an act of applying pressure.
Where does pression come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-? Proto-Indo-European *pres-der. Proto-Italic *pres- Latin premō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin pressiō, pressiōnislbor. English pression Learned borrowing from Latin pressiō, pressiōnis.

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