fraise

English

Etymology

From French fraise, fraiser.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /fɹeɪz/

Noun

fraise (plural fraises)

1. (historical) A ruff worn (especially by women) in the 16th century.
2. A type of palisade placed for defence around a berm; a defence consisting of pointed stakes driven into the ramparts in a horizontal or inclined position.
3. A fluted reamer for enlarging holes in stone; a small milling cutter.

Verb

fraise (third-person singular simple present fraises, present participle fraising, simple past and past participle fraised)

1. (military) To protect, as a line of troops, against an onset of cavalry, by opposing bayonets raised obliquely forward.

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Related terms

• fraist

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French

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• IPA: /fʁɛz/, X-SAMPA: /fREz/

Etymology 1

From Latin frāga, neuter plural of frāga.

Noun

fraise f (plural fraises)

1. strawberry
2. bulwark, palisade (defensive rampart of earth with sharpened wooden stakes set in at an angle)
3. (literary) nipple
   • 1797, Marquis de Sade, Juliette, I:

     Les doigts de notre charmante supérieure chatouillaient les fraises de mon sein, et sa langue frétillait dans ma bouche.

   • 2001, Dominique Leroy, Hic et Hec, p. 53:

     un corset négligemment noué par une échelle de rubans gris de lin renfermait à demi la neige élastique de son sein, son mouchoir transparent, dérangé par les mouvements de la nuit, laissait voir une fraise vermeille [...].

Derived terms

• aller aux fraises
• fraisage
• fraise des bois
• fraise des Indes
• fraiser
• fraiseur
• fraiseuse
• fraisier
• fraisiériste
• ramener sa fraises

Etymology 2

From fraiser.

Noun

fraise f (plural fraises)

1. calf's mesentery
2. (historical) fraise (women's ruff)

Verb

fraise

1. first-person singular present indicative of fraiser
2. third-person singular present indicative of fraiser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of fraiser
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of fraiser
5. second-person singular imperative of fraiser

Anagrams

• ferais
• férias
• fieras
• fraies
• refais