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"pressure" in seven languages

Meaningpressure

Spanish

presión

/pɾeˈsjon/

fem.learned

French

pression

/pʁesjɔ̃/

fem.learned

Une pression is also a draught beer.

Italian

pressione

/presˈsjone/

fem.learned

Portuguese

pressão

/pɾeˈsɐ̃w/

fem.learned

Romanian

presiune

/presiˈune/

fem.borrowed · French pression

Catalan

pressió

/pɾəsiˈo/

fem.learned

English

pressure

/ˈpɹɛʃɚ/

other source · Latin PRESSŪRA, via Old French

Same root as the sisters' word (PREMERE 'to press'), different suffix.

English → ItalianpressurepressioneNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: press, compression, impression, depression.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

PRESSIŌNEM‘a pressing (PREMERE 'to press')’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

English pressure and the sisters' presión, pression, pressione are two nouns from one verb.

English relatives: press, compression, impression, depression

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  • esTrabaja bajo mucha presión.
  • frIl travaille sous une forte pression.
  • itLavora sotto molta pressione.
  • ptEle trabalha sob muita pressão.
  • roLucrează sub multă presiune.
  • caTreballa sota molta pressió.
  • enHe works under a lot of pressure.

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