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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɒmpɹɛs/
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• US: kŏm'prĕs
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• US: /ˈkɑmpɹɛs/
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• /kəmˈpɹɛs/
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• kəmprĕs'
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• rhymes with -ɛs
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• CMU ARPABET: K AA1 M P R EH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: K AH0 M P R EH1 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle French compresse, from compresse (“to compress”), from Late Latin compressare (“to press hard/together”), from Latin compressus, the past participle of comprimō (“to compress”), itself from com- (“together”) + premō (“press”).

From Middle English compressen, from Old French compresser, from Late Latin compressare (“to press hard/together”), from Latin compressus, the past participle of comprimō (“to compress”), itself from com- (“together”) + premō (“press”).

100 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: компре́с (komprés) — cloth used to dress or apply pressure to wounds
• Catalan: compresa — cloth used to dress or apply pressure to wounds
• Chinese Mandarin: 冷敷 (lěngfū) — cloth used to dress or apply pressure to wounds
• Chinese Mandarin: 熱敷 /热敷 (rèfū) — cloth used to dress or apply pressure to wounds
• Chinese Mandarin: 濕布 /湿布 (shībù) — cloth used to dress or apply pressure to wounds
• Czech: kompres — cloth used to dress or apply pressure to wounds
• Danish: kompres — cloth used to dress or apply pressure to wounds
• Dutch: kompres — cloth used to dress or apply pressure to wounds
• Estonian: mähis — cloth used to dress or apply pressure to wounds
• Estonian: side — cloth used to dress or apply pressure to wounds
• Estonian: kompress — cloth used to dress or apply pressure to wounds
• French: compresse — cloth used to dress or apply pressure to wounds
• German: Kompresse — cloth used to dress or apply pressure to wounds
• Greek: κομπρέσα (komprésa) — cloth used to dress or apply pressure to wounds
• Ancient Greek: σπληνίον (splēníon) — cloth used to dress or apply pressure to wounds
• Hungarian: borogatás — cloth used to dress or apply pressure to wounds
• Indonesian: kompres — cloth used to dress or apply pressure to wounds
• Italian: compressa — cloth used to dress or apply pressure to wounds
• Japanese: 湿布 (shippu) — cloth used to dress or apply pressure to wounds
• Latin: fōmentum — cloth used to dress or apply pressure to wounds
• Norwegian Bokmål: kompress — cloth used to dress or apply pressure to wounds
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kompress — cloth used to dress or apply pressure to wounds
• Occitan: compressa — cloth used to dress or apply pressure to wounds
• Polish: okład — cloth used to dress or apply pressure to wounds
• Portuguese: compressa — cloth used to dress or apply pressure to wounds
• Romanian: compresă — cloth used to dress or apply pressure to wounds
• Russian: компре́сс (kompréss) — cloth used to dress or apply pressure to wounds
• Spanish: compresa — cloth used to dress or apply pressure to wounds
• Tocharian B: tsatsāpar — cloth used to dress or apply pressure to wounds
• Armenian: սեղմել (seġmel) — to press together into a smaller space
• Armenian: ճզմել (čzmel) — to press together into a smaller space
• Bulgarian: сбивам (sbivam) — to press together into a smaller space
• Bulgarian: сгъстявам (sgǎstjavam) — to press together into a smaller space
• Burmese: သိပ် (sip) — to press together into a smaller space
• Catalan: comprimir — to press together into a smaller space
• Chinese Mandarin: 壓縮 /压缩 (yāsuō) — to press together into a smaller space
• Dutch: comprimeren — to press together into a smaller space
• Dutch: samendrukken — to press together into a smaller space
• Dutch: verdichten — to press together into a smaller space
• Esperanto: kunpremi — to press together into a smaller space
• Finnish: puristaa — to press together into a smaller space
• Finnish: pusertaa — to press together into a smaller space
• Finnish: kompressoida — to press together into a smaller space
• French: comprimer — to press together into a smaller space
• German: komprimieren — to press together into a smaller space
• Greek: συμπιέζω (sympiézo) — to press together into a smaller space
• Irish: dlúthaigh — to press together into a smaller space
• Italian: comprimere — to press together into a smaller space
• Japanese: 圧縮する (asshuku suru) — to press together into a smaller space
• Latin: comprimō — to press together into a smaller space
• Latin: stringō — to press together into a smaller space
• Māori: whakawhāiti — to press together into a smaller space
• Māori: kurutē — to press together into a smaller space
• Portuguese: comprimir — to press together into a smaller space
• Russian: сжима́ть (sžimátʹ) — to press together into a smaller space
• Russian: сжать (sžatʹ) — to press together into a smaller space
• Russian: сда́вливать (sdávlivatʹ) — to press together into a smaller space
• Russian: сдави́ть (sdavítʹ) — to press together into a smaller space
• Scots: pran — to press together into a smaller space
• Spanish: comprimir — to press together into a smaller space
• Swedish: komprimera — to press together into a smaller space
• Swedish: packa — to press together into a smaller space
• Welsh: cywasgu — to press together into a smaller space
• Welsh: gwasgu — to press together into a smaller space
• Bulgarian: сбивам се (sbivam se) — to be pressed together
• Bulgarian: сгъстявам се (sgǎstjavam se) — to be pressed together
• Dutch: comprimeren — to be pressed together
• Dutch: krimpen — to be pressed together
• Esperanto: kunpremiĝi — to be pressed together
• Finnish: puristua — to be pressed together
• Finnish: pusertua — to be pressed together
• Finnish: kompressoitua — to be pressed together
• Irish: dlúthaigh — to be pressed together
• Russian: сжима́ться (sžimátʹsja) — to be pressed together
• Russian: сжа́ться (sžátʹsja) — to be pressed together
• Spanish: comprimirse — to be pressed together
• Bulgarian: сбивам (sbivam) — to condense
• Dutch: comprimeren — to condense
• Dutch: samenvatten — to condense
• Dutch: verdichten — to condense
• Finnish: tiivistää — to condense
• German: komprimieren — to condense
• Japanese: 要約する (yōyaku suru) — to condense
• Māori: whakarāpopoto — to condense
• Russian: уплотня́ть (uplotnjátʹ) — to condense
• Russian: уплотни́ть (uplotnítʹ) — to condense
• Bulgarian: компримирам (komprimiram) — to encode digital information into less bits
• Chinese Mandarin: 壓縮 /压缩 (yāsuō) — to encode digital information into less bits
• Czech: komprimovat — to encode digital information into less bits
• Dutch: comprimeren — to encode digital information into less bits
• Esperanto: densigi — to encode digital information into less bits
• Esperanto: kunpremi — to encode digital information into less bits
• Finnish: pakata — to encode digital information into less bits
• Finnish: tiivistää — to encode digital information into less bits
• French: compresser — to encode digital information into less bits
• German: komprimieren — to encode digital information into less bits
• Icelandic: þjappa — to encode digital information into less bits
• Japanese: 圧縮する (asshuku suru) — to encode digital information into less bits
• Portuguese: comprimir — to encode digital information into less bits
• Spanish: comprimir — to encode digital information into less bits