different between bookplate vs impresa

English

Etymology

book +? plate

Noun

bookplate (plural bookplates)

1. A printed piece of paper pasted on one of the pages of a book, most often on the inside front cover, showing ownership and thus deterring theft.

Translations

Verb

bookplate (third-person singular simple present bookplates, present participle bookplating, simple past and past participle bookplated)

1. (transitive) To affix a bookplate to (a book).

English

Alternative forms

• imprese, impress

Etymology

From Italian impresa.

Noun

impresa (plural impresas)

1. (heraldry) A device on a shield or seal, or used as a bookplate etc.
   • 1613, John Webster, “A Monumental Column, A Funeral Elegy” in Three Elegies on the most lamented Death of Prince Henrie, London: William Welbie,^[1]

     My impresa to your lordship; a swan

     Flying to a laurel for shelter.

   • 1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 9, lines 33-35,^[2]

     […] or to describe Races and Games,

     Or tilting Furniture, emblazon’d Shields,

     Impreses quaint, Caparisons and Steeds;

Anagrams

• empairs, primase

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /im?p??.z?/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /im?p??.z?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /im?p?e.za/

Verb

impresa f sg

1. past participle of imprimir

Italian

Etymology

From imprendere. Compare Italian intraprendere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /im?pre.za/, (traditional) /im?pre.sa/
• Rhymes: -eza

Noun

impresa f (plural imprese)

1. enterprise, undertaking, exploit, feat, endeavour
2. company, firm, business, concern

   Synonyms: azienda, ditta, società

Related terms

Descendants

• ? Polish: impreza

Anagrams

• esprima, permasi, presami, primase, sapermi

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /im?p?esa/, [?m?p?e.sa]

Adjective

impresa

1. feminine singular of impreso

Verb

impresa

1. Feminine singular past participle of imprimir.