frasa
See also: frása and fräsa
French
Pronunciation
- Homophones: frasas, frasât
Verb
frasa
- third-person singular past historic of fraser
Indonesian
Etymology
From earlier form frase, from Dutch frase, from Late Latin phrasis (“diction”), from Ancient Greek φράσις (phrásis, “manner of expression”), from φράζω (phrázō, “I tell, express”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈfrasa]
- Hyphenation: fra‧sa
- Rhymes: -sa, -a
Noun
frasa (plural frasa-frasa, first-person possessive frasaku, second-person possessive frasamu, third-person possessive frasanya)
- phrase: a word or group of words that functions as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence, usually consisting of a head, or central word, and elaborating words.
Derived terms
- frasa adjektival
- frasa adverbial
- frasa apositif
- frasa eksosentris
- frasa endosentris
- frasa nominal
- frasa parataktis
- frasa verbal
Further reading
- “frasa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse fræs f (“whizzing, hissing”).
Verb
frasa (present frasar, preterite frasade, supine frasat, imperative frasa)
- to rustle, crackle, crunch, rattle
Conjugation
Conjugation of frasa (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | frasa | frasas | ||
| Supine | frasat | frasats | ||
| Imperative | frasa | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | frasen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | frasar | frasade | frasas | frasades |
| Ind. plural1 | frasa | frasade | frasas | frasades |
| Subjunctive2 | frase | frasade | frases | frasades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | frasande | |||
| Past participle | frasad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Anagrams
- faras, farsa, fasar
Westrobothnian
Alternative forms
- flasa
Etymology
See fres (“hissing, crackling”)
Verb
frasa
- crackle, sparkle; of fire
- fizzle, mill
- Hä frasa ti norrskena
- sputtered in the aurora (When aurora is very low, the sound is heard thereof as when fanning with a piece of silk fabric.)
- Hä frasa ti norrskena
Related terms
- frees