Phrase guide

printing press

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A mechanical device used for printing text or images repeatedly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Synonym of printing house (“an institutional or commercial publisher”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: metonymically

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: press, printworks, printing house

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a machine used for printing

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: press

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: machine

Narrower terms: flatbed press, cylinder press, rotary press, standing press

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: آلَةُ الطِّبَاعَة (ʔālatu ṭ-ṭibāʕa) — machine for printing
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܛܒ݂ܲܥܬܵܐ (maṭḇaˁtā) — machine for printing
  • Azerbaijani: çap dəzgahı — machine for printing
  • Chinese Mandarin: 印刷機 /印刷机 (yìnshuājī) — machine for printing
  • Czech: tiskárna — machine for printing
  • Czech: tiskový stroj — machine for printing
  • Dutch: drukpers — machine for printing
  • Estonian: trükipress — machine for printing
  • Finnish: painokone — machine for printing
  • French: presse — machine for printing
  • French: machine à imprimer — machine for printing
  • Galician: imprenta — machine for printing
  • Galician: prelo — machine for printing
  • Georgian: სტამბა (sṭamba) — machine for printing
  • German: Druckerpresse — machine for printing
  • Greek: πιεστήριο (piestírio) — machine for printing
  • White Hmong: lub tshuab nias ntawv — machine for printing
  • Hungarian: nyomdagép — machine for printing
  • Hungarian: sajtó — machine for printing
  • Hungarian: nyomógép — machine for printing
  • Icelandic: prentvél — machine for printing
  • Irish: clóphreas — machine for printing
  • Italian: torchio — machine for printing
  • Japanese: 印刷機 (insatsuki) — machine for printing
  • Korean: 인쇄기 (inswaegi) — machine for printing
  • Lithuanian: spaudos presas — machine for printing
  • Lithuanian: spausdinimo presas — machine for printing
  • Norwegian Bokmål: trykkpresse — machine for printing
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: trykkpresse — machine for printing
  • Polish: maszyna drukarska — machine for printing
  • Portuguese: imprensa — machine for printing
  • Punjabi: ਛਾਪਾਖ਼ਾਨਾ (chāpāxānā) — machine for printing
  • Russian: печа́тный стано́к (pečátnyj stanók) — machine for printing
  • Russian: печа́тная маши́на (pečátnaja mašína) — machine for printing
  • Russian: типогра́фский стано́к (tipográfskij stanók) — machine for printing
  • Russian: печа́тный пресс (pečátnyj press) — machine for printing
  • Scots: prentin press — machine for printing
  • Scottish Gaelic: clò — machine for printing
  • Scottish Gaelic: beart-chlò — machine for printing
  • Slovak: tlačiareň — machine for printing
  • Slovene: tiskarski stroj — machine for printing
  • Spanish: imprenta — machine for printing
  • Swedish: tryckpress — machine for printing
  • Tagalog: limbagan — machine for printing
  • Tagalog: palimbagan — machine for printing
  • Turkish: baskı presi — machine for printing
  • Turkish: matbaa — machine for printing
  • Ukrainian: друкарський верстат (drukarsʹkyj verstat) — machine for printing
  • Welsh: gwasg argraffu — machine for printing