expres

See also: exprés and exprès

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛksˈprɛs/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ex‧pres
  • Rhymes: -ɛs

Etymology 1

From late Middle Dutch expres (expressly), from Old French expres, from Latin expressus.

Adverb

expres

  1. on purpose, deliberately
Synonyms
Antonyms
Descendants
  • Negerhollands: expres
  • Papiamentu: èksprès, espres

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English express or shortened from exprestrein.

Noun

expres m (plural expressen)

  1. express, express train
  2. Alternative form of expresse
Alternative forms
  • (express train): express (superseded)
Derived terms

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French express.

Adjective

expres m or n (feminine singular expresă, masculine plural expreși, feminine and neuter plural exprese)

  1. express

Declension

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