frase

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

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈfɾa.zə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [ˈfɾa.ze]
  • (file)

Noun

frase f (plural frases)

  1. phrase
  2. sentence
    Synonym: sentència

Derived terms

Further reading

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (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): [ˈfrasə]
  • 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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfra.ze/
  • Rhymes: -aze
  • Hyphenation: frà‧se
  • (file)

Noun

frase f (plural frasi)

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

Synonyms

Further reading

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

Anagrams

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

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

  1. a phrase
  2. (music) a phrase

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

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

  1. a phrase

Derived terms

Old Frisian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfraːse/

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

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfɾa.zi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfɾa.ze/

  • 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)

Quotations

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:frase.

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɾase/ [ˈfɾa.se]
  • 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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