stresse

See also: Stresse and stressé

English

Noun

stresse (countable and uncountable, plural stresses)

1. Obsolete form of stress.
   • 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus:

     Which consisting of two Vectes or armes, converted towards each other, the innitency and stresse being made upon the hypomochlion or fulciment in the decussation, the greater compression is made by the union of two impulsors.

Anagrams

• Sesters, tresses, Setsers, sesters, Tresses

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English stress.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsd̥ʁɛsə], [ˈsd̥ʁasə], [ˈsd̥ʁɑsə]

Verb

stresse (imperative stress, present tense stresser, past tense stressede, past participle stresset, present participle stressende)

1. (transitive) to stress, put under stress
2. (intransitive) to be under stress, be busy

References

• “stresse” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Verb

stresse

1. inflection of stresser:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• tresses, tressés

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

stresse (imperative stress, present tense stresser, passive stresses, simple past and past participle stressa or stresset, present participle stressende)

1. to stress (cause or suffer emotional strain; be affected by stress)

Related terms

• stress

References

• “stresse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈstɾɛ.sɨ/

• Hyphenation: stres‧se

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English stress.

Noun

stresse m (plural stresses)

1. European Portuguese standard spelling of estresse.

Related terms

• stressar
• stressante
• stressado

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

stresse

1. inflection of stressar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative