frana

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See also: frâna, frână, and Fráňa

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfra.na/
  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Hyphenation: frà‧na

Etymology 1

Probably from Vulgar Latin *fragina, from Latin frangere, frangō (“to break”).[1]

Noun

frana f (plural frane)

  1. landslide, landslip
  2. (figurative, by extension) a downfall of a stack of objects
  3. (figurative, by extension) a downfall; collapse; ruin

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

frana

  1. inflection of franare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

References

  1. ^ frana in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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