frangere

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin frangere, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfran.d͡ʒe.re/
  • Rhymes: -andʒere
  • Hyphenation: fràn‧ge‧re

Verb

fràngere (first-person singular present fràngo, first-person singular past historic frànsi, past participle frànto, auxiliary avére or (in the archaic meaning "to break (of the sea)") èssere)

  1. (transitive, uncommon) to break (into pieces)
  2. (transitive) to press or crush (olives)
  3. (transitive, figurative, literary) to transgress (a norm, a commandment, etc.)
  4. (transitive, figurative) to weaken (someone's resistance, etc.)
  5. (intransitive, archaic) to break (of the sea)

Conjugation

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Anagrams

Latin

Verb

frangēre

  1. second-person singular future passive indicative of frangō

Verb

frangere

  1. inflection of frangō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative