franja

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French frange.

Pronunciation

Noun

franja f (plural franges)

  1. strip
  2. band, border

Derived terms

Further reading

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pt

Borrowed from French frange. Doublet of fímbria.

Noun

franja f (plural franjas)

  1. bangs; fringe (hair hanging over the forehead)
  2. fringe (decorative border)
    • 1851 August 14, Eusebio de Queiroz Coitinho Mattoso Camara, “Decreto N.º 812”, in Collecção das leis do Império do Brasil de 1851‎, volume 14, Rio de Janeiro: Imprensa Nacional, published 1852, section 45, page 229:
      Huma dragona com franja de retroz no hombro esquerdo […] e outra sem franja […] no hombro direito.
      A epaulette with twisted yarn fringe over the left shoulder and a fringeless one over the right shoulder.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

franja

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

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Italian fragno.

Noun

frȁnja f (Cyrillic spelling фра̏ња)

  1. (regional) marble

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɾanxa/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -anxa
  • Syllabification: fran‧ja

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French frange (“fringe”). Doublet of fimbria.

Noun

franja f (plural franjas)

  1. stripe
  2. strip
    Synonym: raya
  3. bangs, fringe
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

franja

  1. inflection of frangir:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

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