frase
Catalan
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin phrasis (“diction”), from Ancient Greek φράσις (phrásis, “manner of expression”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ˈfɾa.zə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈfɾa.ze/
Audio (file)
Noun
frase f (plural frases)
- phrase
- sentence
- Synonym: sentència
Derived terms
- frase feta
- frase ganxo
- frasejar
Related terms
- fraseologia
Further reading
- “frase” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “frase”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “frase” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “frase” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
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)
- phrase
Descendants
- → Indonesian: frase
- Indonesian: frasa
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fʁaz/
- Homophones: frasent, frases
Verb
frase
- inflection of fraser:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 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)
- phrase
Further reading
- “frase” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
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)
- 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
Noun
frase f (plural frasi)
- sentence
- phrase, clause
- expression, phrase
- (music) phrase
Synonyms
- polirematica
- espressione
- locuzione
Related terms
- frase fatta
- fraseggiare
- fraseologia
Further reading
- frase in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
- farse, fresa, sfare, sfera
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
frase m (definite singular frasen, indefinite plural fraser, definite plural frasene)
- a phrase
- (music) a phrase
Derived terms
- fraseologi
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
frase m (definite singular frasen, indefinite plural frasar, definite plural frasane)
- a phrase
Derived terms
- fraseologi
Old Frisian
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *fraisō. Cognates include Old Saxon frēsa and Old Dutch frēsa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfraːse/
Noun
frāse f
- danger
Descendants
- West Frisian: freze
References
- Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- phrase (obsolete)
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/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈfɾa.z(ɨ)/
- Hyphenation: fra‧se
Noun
frase f (plural frases)
- (grammar) sentence (grammatically complete series of words)
- Synonym: (obsolete) sentença
- (music) phrase (a small, somewhat independent series of notes)
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:frase.
Derived terms
- frasear
Related terms
- frasal
See also
- locução
Further reading
- “frase” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
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)
- sentence
- Synonym: oración
- phrase
Derived terms
- frase hecha
- frasear
- libro de frases
Further reading
- “frase”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014