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presqu'île: peninsula
presque: almost
pressage: pressing (of olives, CDs etc)
pressant: pressing, urgent, insistent; squeezing
presse: press, papers (the media); press (e.g. printing press); haste, hurry, rush
presse à canard: duck press
presse écrite: print (written media)
presse-agrume: juicer, citrus press, lemon press
presse-ail: garlic press
presse-citron: lemon squeezer
presse-papier: paperweight; clipboard
presse-purée: potato masher
presse-étoupe: a watertight and/or airtight metallic piece with a seal for a driveshaft, valve, or other appliance; a seal for between the handle and the body of a tap
pressement: pressing; urging
pressentiment: presentiment; hunch; premonition
pressentir: to have a premonition; to foresee (mysteriously)
presser: to urge; to squeeze, to squash; to hurry, to hurry up; to hurry up; to press against each other, to flock
presser la détente: to pull the trigger
presser le pas: to quicken one's pace, to pick up the pace, to walk faster, to speed up, to hurry up, to get a move on
pressier: pressman (person who operates a hand printing press)
pressing: dry cleaning shop, a dry-cleaner's
pressiomètre: pressiometer
pression: pressure; popper (UK), snap (US) (fastener)
pression artérielle: blood pressure
pression atmosphérique: atmospheric pressure
pression des pairs: peer pressure
pressoir: press (e.g. cider)
pressostat: pressure switch
pressurage: pressure, pressuring
pressurer: to squeeze; to extort
pressurisation: pressurization
pressuriser: to pressurize (an aircraft, etc.)
pressurisé: pressurized
pressuré: squeezed
pressé: quick, eager, impatient; pressing, urgent; lacking (pressed for); pressed (fruit juice etc)
pressément: quickly, eagerly, impatiently
prestance: presence (imposing bearing)
prestataire: a provider (of a service), an agent; a beneficiary or user of a service
prestataire de services: service provider (an organization that, or individual who, provides services)
prestation: financial payment, benefit; service; loan; cover; performance
prestation de serment: taking the oath, oathtaking
preste: agile, quick
prestement: promptly
prester: to work (a certain amount of time), to provide a service
prestesse: nimbleness, agility
prestidigitateur: conjurer, magician
prestidigitation: prestidigitation
prestige: prestige
prestigieusement: prestigiously
prestigieux: prestigious
prestissimo: prestissimo
presto: presto; quickly
preu: the first; the first to play (in a game); the second floor (of a building)
preusement: valiantly, bravely
preuve: evidence, proof
preuve par 9: casting out nines; proof positive
preuve par l'absurde: proof by contradiction, reductio ad absurdum
preux: valiant; brave; doughty
preux chevalier: preux chevalier, valiant knight
prevôté: obsolete spelling of prévôté