fraga

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See also: Fraga, fragă, and fråga

Galician

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Etymology

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13th century, from Old Galician-Portuguese, from an Iberian Vulgar Latin fraga, plural of fragum, from fragōsus (rough), from fragor, from frangō (break, shatter).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fraga f (plural fragas)

Fragas do Eume natural park
  1. an isolated forest with deciduous trees, herbs, mosses, lichens and a diverse fauna[1]
    • 1948, Revista de Guimarães, volumes 58-60, page 303:
      Iba sempre a cabalo, pois tiña que andar máis de catro légoas por fragas, devesas e caborcos.
      He always rode a horse, as he had to travel over four leagues through isolated forests, sparse woods and gullies.
  2. rock, outcrop

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ [1]”, Portal das Palabras.

Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Late Latin frāga, noun use of the plural form of Classical Latin frāgum (strawberry).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfra.ɡa/
  • Rhymes: -aɡa
  • Hyphenation: frà‧ga

Noun

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fraga f (plural fraghe)

  1. (obsolete or regional) Synonym of fragola (strawberry)

Further reading

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

Latin

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Noun

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frāga

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of frāgum

References

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  • fraga”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • fraga”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • fraga 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)
  • fraga”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press

Occitan

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin frāga, from frāgum. Compare Catalan fraula, Italian fragola, among others.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfɾa.ɣɔ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: fra‧ga

Noun

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fraga f (plural fragas)

  1. strawberry
    Synonym: majofa f

Old High German

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *frāgu, from Proto-Germanic *frēgō. Related to Old English fræġn.

Noun

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frāga f

  1. question
    Synonym: frāgan

Descendants

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  • Middle High German: vrāge

Old Saxon

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Etymology

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Related to Old English fræġn and the verb frignan (to ask), from Proto-West Germanic *fregnan.

Noun

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frāga f

  1. question

Descendants

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Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese fraga (compare Galician fraga), from Iberian Vulgar Latin fraga, plural of fragum (compare also Catalan and Occitan frau), from fragōsus (rough), from fragor, from frangō (break, shatter); cf. also Latin fragilis.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -aɡɐ
  • Hyphenation: fra‧ga

Noun

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fraga f (plural fragas)

  1. cliff

Romanian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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fraga f

  1. definite nominative/accusative singular of fragă

Sranan Tongo

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Etymology

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From English flag or Dutch vlag.

Noun

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fraga

  1. flag