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Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from English refrain, French refrain, German Refrain, Russian рефре́н (refrén), Portuguese refrão.
Pronunciation
Noun
refreno (plural refreni)
- (music, poetry) refrain
Latin
Etymology
From re- + frēnō.
Pronunciation
Verb
refrēnō (present infinitive refrēnāre, perfect active refrēnāvī, supine refrēnātum); first conjugation
- to bridle, check, curb, restrain, refrain (from)
- Synonyms: impediō, obstō, moror, arceō, supprimō, cūnctor, contineō, cohibeō, dētineō, retineō, intersaepiō, inclūdō, tardō, perimō, officiō, saepiō, premō, reprimō, coerceō, comprimō, sustentō
- Antonyms: līberō, eximō, vindicō, servō, absolvō, exonerō, excipiō, ēmittō
Conjugation
Descendants
References
- “refreno”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “refreno”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- refreno in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to bridle one's desires: refrenare cupiditates, libidines
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /reˈfɾeno/
- Rhymes: -eno
- Syllabification: re‧fre‧no
Verb
refreno
- first-person singular present indicative of refrenar