Adresser

Adresser is a term that appears in several languages with different meanings. In Danish and Norwegian, ad­resser is the plural form of adresse, meaning addresses in the sense of locations used for mail, delivery, or identification. It is common in postal records, contact databases, and geographic information systems. The singular form in these languages is adresse. As a data field, adresser may refer to a collection of locations associated with a person, company, or institution.

In French, adresser is a verb meaning to address or to direct something to someone, and also to send or present something to a person or audience. It is used in phrases such as ad­dresser une lettre (to send a letter to), ad­dresser ses salutations (to extend one’s regards), or ad­dresser une demande (to submit a request). Conjugation varies by tense and mood: j’adresse, tu adresses, il adresse; nous adressons, vous adressez, ils adressent. The noun adresse in French can mean both an address (location) and, more broadly, skill or dexterity in colloquial use, as in avoir une bonne adresse.

Outside these languages, the word resembles the English noun address and the French noun adresse, which are used in related contexts such as mailing addresses and digital identifiers. In computing and networking, address terminology is central, with memory addresses and network addresses serving as locations or identifiers, while the corresponding terms in Romance and Germanic languages share etymological roots linking location, direction, and presentation.

Overall, adresse/adresser and their plural forms illustrate how a single orthographic form can encompass distinct linguistic senses across languages.