frase

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See also: Frase, frasé, frâse, fräse, and fråse

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin phrasis (“diction”), from Ancient Greek φράσις (phrásis, “manner of expression”).

Pronunciation

Noun

frase f (plural frases)

  1. phrase
  2. sentence
    Synonym: sentència

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Dutch

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin phrasis (“diction”), from Ancient Greek φράσις (phrásis, “manner of expression”).

Pronunciation

  • audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: fra‧se

Noun

frase f (plural frasen or frases, diminutive frasetje n)

  1. phrase

Descendants

  • → Indonesian: frase

French

Pronunciation

Verb

frase

  1. inflection of fraser:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin phrasis (“diction”), from Ancient Greek φράσις (phrásis, “manner of expression”).

Noun

frase f (plural frases)

  1. phrase

Further reading

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch frase (“phrase”), from Late Latin phrasis (“diction”), from Ancient Greek φράσις (phrásis, “manner of expression”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: fra‧sê

Noun

frase (plural frasa-frasa, first-person possessive fraseku, second-person possessive frasemu, third-person possessive frasenya)

  1. obsolete form of frasa

Italian

 frase on Italian Wikipedia

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin phrasis (“diction”), from Ancient Greek φράσις (phrásis, “manner of expression”).

Pronunciation

Noun

frase f (plural frasi)

  1. sentence
  2. phrase, clause
  3. expression, phrase
  4. (music) phrase

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Related terms

Further reading

  • frase in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

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Noun

frase m (definite singular frasen, indefinite plural fraser, definite plural frasene)

  1. a phrase
  2. (music) a phrase

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

frase m (definite singular frasen, indefinite plural frasar, definite plural frasane)

  1. a phrase

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Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fraisō. Cognates include Old Saxon frēsa and Old Dutch frēsa.

Pronunciation

Noun

frāse f

  1. danger

Descendants

References

  • Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin phrasis (“diction”), from Ancient Greek φράσις (phrásis, “manner of expression”).

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: fra‧se

Noun

frase f (plural frases)

  1. (grammar) sentence (grammatically complete series of words)
    Synonym: (obsolete) sentença
  2. (music) phrase (a small, somewhat independent series of notes)

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Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin phrasis (“diction”), from Ancient Greek φράσις (phrásis, “manner of expression”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɾase/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ase
  • Syllabification: fra‧se

Noun

frase f (plural frases)

  1. phrase
  2. sentence
    Synonym: oración

Derived terms

Further reading

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