se dresser

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdɹɛsə/ Rhymes: -ɛsə(ɹ) === Etymology 1 === From Middle English dressure, dressor, dressour, a borrowing from Old French drecëur, drecëure, from the verb dresser. ==== Noun ==== dresser (plural dressers) (UK) An item of kitchen furniture, like a cabinet with shelves, for storing crockery or utensils. (US) An item of bedroom furniture, like a low chest of drawers (bureau), often with a mirror. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English dresser, equivalent to dress +‎ -er. ==== Noun ==== dresser (plural dressers) One who dresses in a particular way. (theater, film, television) A wardrobe assistant (who helps actors put on their costume). A servant to royalty etc. who helps them with tasks such as dressing. Hypernym: body servant (medicine) A surgeon's assistant who helps to dress wounds etc. (UK) A football hooligan who wears designer clothing; a casual. A mechanical device used in grain mills for bolting. Synonyms: bolt, bolter A mechanical device used in ore mills for dressing (e.g., comminution, sorting, sifting). Coordinate terms: breaker, crusher (dated) A table or bench on which meat and other things are dressed, or prepared for use. (mining) A kind of pick for shaping large coal. One who dresses or prepares stone. Coordinate terms: mason, stonemason ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Anagrams === redress == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French drecer, drecier, from Vulgar Latin *dīrēctiāre (through a contracted form *drēctiāre), from Latin dīrēctus (“straight”), whence the adjective direct. Compare Catalan dreçar, Italian drizzare, Sicilian addizzari, Spanish aderezar, Norman dréchi, Friulian dreçâ. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dʁɛ.se/ ~ /dʁe.se/ === Verb === dresser (transitive) to raise, to erect, to build (transitive) to raise, to lift, to elevate (transitive) to prepare; to draw up (transitive) to pitch (a tent) (transitive) to set, to lay out Est-ce qu'il a dressé la table? ― Has he laid the table? (transitive) to tame (lion etc), to break in (horse), to train (an animal) (reflexive) to stand ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== dresser l'oreille dresseur ==== Related terms ==== adresser === Further reading === “dresser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle English == === Etymology === From dress +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdrɛsər(ə)/ === Noun === dresser (Late Middle English, rare) leader, guide ==== Descendants ==== English: dresser ==== References ==== “dresser, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Norwegian Bokmål == === Noun === dresser m indefinite plural of dress === Verb === dresser present of dresse == Old French == === Verb === dresser alternative form of drecier ==== Conjugation ==== This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ss, *-sss, *-sst are modified to s, s, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.