different between impresa vs imprest

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.

English

Etymology

Prefix form of prest, perhaps after Italian imprestare, or perhaps from a misunderstand of the phrase in prest.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??mp??st/

Noun

imprest (plural imprests)

1. An advance of funds, especially to a government service or employee. [from 16th c.]
   • 1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society 2010, p. 240:

     Calling on Lacon at the Cabinet Office to deliver the Circus's monthly imprest account for his inspection, he had been astonished to see Sam emerging from his private office, joking easily with Lacon and Saul Enderby of the Foreign Office.

Translations

Verb

imprest (third-person singular simple present imprests, present participle impresting, simple past and past participle imprested)

1. To advance funds on loan.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Burke to this entry?)

See also

• impressed

Anagrams

• mipster, permits, primest