The word "preas" is an Irish Gaelic word meaning "press". Its phonetic transcription in IPA is [prʲas]. The first sound, [p], is a voiceless bilabial plosive; the second sound, [rʲ], is a palatalized voiced alveolar approximant; the third sound, [a], is an open front unrounded vowel; and, the final sound, [s], is a voiceless alveolar fricative. The spelling of this word reflects the Irish spelling system, which uses diacritic marks to demonstrate the pronunciation of the words.