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Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from French frange.
Pronunciation
Noun
franja f (plural franges)
- strip
- band, border
Derived terms
Further reading
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃ʒɐ
- Hyphenation: fran‧ja
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French frange. Doublet of fímbria.
Noun
franja f (plural franjas)
- bangs; fringe (hair hanging over the forehead)
- 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
- inflection of franjar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “franja”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “franja”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
- “franja”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “franja”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Italian fragno.
Noun
frȁnja f (Cyrillic spelling фра̏ња)
- (regional) marble
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɾanxa/
- Rhymes: -anxa
- Syllabification: fran‧ja
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French frange (“fringe”). Doublet of fimbria.
Noun
franja f (plural franjas)
- stripe
- strip
- Synonym: raya
- bangs, fringe
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
franja
- inflection of frangir:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Further reading