empressement

== English == === Etymology === From French empressement. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑ̃ˈpɹɛs.mɒ̃/, /ɒmˈpɹɛs.mənt/ === Noun === empressement (countable and uncountable, plural empressements) (archaic) Animated cordiality; friendliness, enthusiasm. [from 18th c.] == French == === Etymology === From empresser (“to hurry; to hasten”) +‎ -ment. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑ̃.pʁɛs.mɑ̃/ === Noun === empressement m (plural empressements) attentiveness eagerness, alacrity === Further reading === “empressement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012