phrase

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: frāz, IPA: /fɹeɪz/, SAMPA: /fr\eIz/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -eɪz
• Homophone: frays

Etymology

From Late Latin phrasis (“diction”), from Ancient Greek φράσις (phrasis, “manner of expression”), from φράζω (phrazō, “I tell, express”).

Noun

phrase (plural phrases)

1. A short written or spoken expression.
2. (grammar) 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.
3. (music) A small section of music in a larger piece.

Synonyms

• (expression): figure of speech, locution
• See also Wikisaurus:phrase

Derived terms

Terms derived from the noun phrase

adjective phrase adverb phrase catchphrase determiner phrase noun phrase participial phrase phrasal phrase book

phrase structure phrasemaker phraseology prepositional phrase set phrase turn a phrase verb phrase

See also

• Phrase on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Translations

short written or spoken expression

Afrikaans: 'n frase (af), frase (af) Albanian: frazë (sq) f. Arabic: جُمْلَة (júmla) f., سِيَاق (sijāq) m., تَعْبِير (taʕbīr) m. Egyptian Arabic: تعبير (taʕbīr) m. Azeri: ifade (az) Chechen: алар Chinese: 片語, 片语 (piàn yǔ) Dutch: uitspraak (nl) f. Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Finnish: ilmaus (fi) French: expression (fr) f., locution (fr) f. German: Redewendung (de) f. Greek: φράση (el) f. (frási) Hebrew: צרוף לשון (he) (tzeirüf lashon) f. Hungarian: mondás (hu), kifejezés (hu) Icelandic: frasi (is), málsháttur (is) Indonesian: ungkapan (id), frasa (id) Irish: frása m. Italian: espressione (it) f.

Japanese: 句 (く, ku) Latvian: frāze (lv) f. Lithuanian: žodžių junginys (lt) m. Macedonian: фраза (mk) (fráza) f., израз (mk) (ízraz) m. Malay: ungkapan (ms) Mongolian: хэлц (mn) (helc) Persian: عبارت  (fa), گروه واژه (fa) (goruh vajhe) Polish: zdanie (pl) n. Portuguese: expressão (pt) f., locução (pt) f. Romanian: expresie f., frază (ro) f. Russian: фраза (ru) f., выражение (ru) n. Scottish Gaelic: abairt (gd) f. Spanish: expresión (es) f., frase (es) f. Swedish: fras (sv) c., uttryck (sv) n. Thai: วลี (wálee) Turkish: deyim (tr) Vietnamese: cụm từ (vi) Volapük: fraseod (vo)

grammar: group of two or more words that express an idea but do not form a complete sentence

Albanian: frazë (sq) f. Azeri: ifade (az) Catalan: sintagma (ca) m. Czech: slovní spojení (cs) n., sousloví (cs) n. Dutch: frase (nl) f. Esperanto: lokucio Finnish: lauseke (fi) French: syntagme (fr) m. German: Redewendung (de) f. Greek: φράση (el) f. (frási) Hungarian: szókapcsolat (hu) Indonesian: frasa (id)

Irish: frása m., abairtín (ga) m. Italian: locuzione (it) f., polirematica (it) f. Lithuanian: žodžių junginys (lt) m. Persian: گروه واژه (fa) (goruh vajhe) Polish: wypowiedzenie n. Portuguese: frase (pt) f. Romanian: frază (ro) f., expresie f., sintagmă (ro) f. Russian: устойчивое словосочетание n., оборот речи Scottish Gaelic: abairt (gd) f. Spanish: sintagma (es) m. Swedish: fras (sv) c., uttryck (sv) n. Vietnamese: cụm từ (vi)

music: small section of music in a larger piece

Catalan: frase (ca) f. Finnish: fraasi (fi) French: phrase (fr) f. German: Phrase (de) f. Greek: φράση (el) f. (frási)

Hungarian: frázis (hu) Italian: frase (it) f. Macedonian: фраза (mk) (fráza) f. Spanish: frase (es) f. Swedish: fras (sv) c.

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Bulgarian: фраза (fraza) f. (1) Indonesian: frase Interlingua: phrase, expression, locution

Verb

phrase (third-person singular simple present phrases, present participle phrasing, simple past and past participle phrased)

1. (intransitive)(music) To perform a passage with the correct phrasing.
2. (transitive)To express (an action, thought or idea) by means of words.
3. (transitive)(music) To divide into melodic phrases.

Derived terms

• phrasing

Related terms

• paraphrase
• rephrase

Translations

music: to perform a passage with the correct phrasing

Swedish: frasera (sv)

to express by means of words

Bulgarian: изразявам (bg) Finnish: ilmaista (fi), fraseerata (fi) French: exprimer (fr) German: formulieren (de) Greek: φράζειν (el) Interlingua: exprimer

Italian: esprimere (it), redigere (it) Macedonian: изразува (mk) (izrázuva) Portuguese: exprimir (pt), expressar (pt) Spanish: formular (es), expresar (es), frasear (es) Swedish: benämna (sv), beteckna (sv), formulera (sv), ge (sv) uttryck (sv) åt (sv), uttrycka (sv)

music: to divide into melodic phrases

French: phraser (fr) Macedonian: фразира (mk) (frazíra)

Swedish: frasera (sv)

External links

• phrase in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• phrase in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

• pasher, phaser, seraph, shaper, sharpe, Sherpa, sherpa

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fʁɑz/, SAMPA: /fRAz/

• audio

  (file)

Noun

phrase f. (plural phrases)

1. (false friend) sentence

Anagrams

• harpes, phares

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Latin

Noun

phrase

1. ablative singular of phrasis