frana
See also: frâna, frână, and Fráňa
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfra.na/
- Rhymes: -ana
- Hyphenation: frà‧na
Etymology 1
Probably from Vulgar Latin *fragina, from Latin frangere, frangō (“to break”).[1]
Noun
frana f (plural frane)
- landslide, landslip
- (figurative, by extension) a downfall of a stack of objects
- (figurative, by extension) a downfall; collapse; ruin
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
frana
- inflection of franare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
References
- frana in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana