fresa

fresa

See also: fresá and freŝa

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from French fraise.

Noun

fresa f (plural freses)

1. strawberry (fruit)
2. strawberry (plant)

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾə.zə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾɛ.zə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾe.za/
• Rhymes: -ɛza

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Either from French fraise or from Vulgar Latin *frēsare[1], from frēsum, past participle of Latin frendēre (“to grind”). It was attested only in the 19th century however, and probably a borrowing from French or Latin[2]. See also Spanish fresa.

Noun

fresa f (plural freses)

1. milling cutter

Related terms

• fresar

Etymology 2

From fresar (“to spawn”).

Noun

fresa f (plural freses)

1. spawning

   Synonym: posta

2. spawn, roe

Further reading

• “fresa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “fresa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

References

1. “fresa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
2. “fresa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023

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Hiligaynon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish fresa.

Noun

frésa

1. strawberry

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfrɛ.za/
• Rhymes: -ɛza
• Hyphenation: frè‧sa

Etymology 1

Probably borrowed from French fraise (18th century)[1][2]. See also Spanish fresa.

Noun

fresa f (plural frese)

1. milling cutter (engineering)

Related terms

• fresare

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

fresa

1. inflection of fresare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

References

1. http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/ricerca/fresa/
2. frèsa in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore

Anagrams

• farse, frase, sfare, sfera

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Latin

Participle

frēsa

1. inflection of frēsus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Participle

frēsā

1. ablative feminine singular of frēsus

References

• fresa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fraisō, whence also Old English frēse.

Noun

frēsa f

1. danger, peril, risk

Declension

Declension of frēsa (feminine n-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	frēsa	frēsun, frēsan, frēson
accusative	frēsun, frēsan, frēson	frēsun, frēsan, frēson
genitive	frēsun, frēsan, frēson	frēsono
dative	frēsun, frēsan, frēson	frēsun, frēsan, frēson
instrumental	—	—

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French fraise[1][2] or from Vulgar Latin *frēsāre, from frēsum, past participle of Latin frendēre (“to grind”). See also Spanish fresa.

Noun

fresa f (plural fresas)

1. milling cutter (rotary cutting tool)

References

1. “fresa” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
2. “fresa” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾesa/ [ˈfɾe.sa]
• Rhymes: -esa
• Syllabification: fre‧sa

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French fraise (“strawberry”).

Noun

fresa f (plural fresas)

1. strawberry

   Synonym: frutilla

2. (Mexico, colloquial) snob

   Synonyms: esnob, pijo

3. (Costa Rica) rich kid; spoiled brat

Derived terms

• fresón

Etymology 2

Possibly from French fraise (“milling cutter”)[1], or from the verb fresar, from Vulgar Latin *frēsāre[2], from frēsum, perfect passive participle of Latin frendō (“to grind”).

Noun

fresa f (plural fresas)

1. endmill
2. milling cutter (rotary cutting tool)

Related terms

• fresar

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

fresa

1. inflection of fresar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “fresa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

References

1. “fraise”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
2. “fresar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014