frasca

See also: Frasca

Galician

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾaska̝/

Noun

frasca f (plural frascas)

1. shit; trash; crap; litter

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *flaskǭ (“braid-covered bottle”). Attested in Iberian Medieval Latin documents as flasca since 827.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾaska̝/

Noun

frasca f (plural frascas)

1. flask, bottle, vial

Derived terms

• frasco

References

• Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “frasca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “frasca”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Italian

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. According to Etimo, possibly from Late Latin frasca, itself possibly from a hypothetical *fraxus, a variant of fractus (“broken”), from frangere (“to break”), but this is contradicted by the fact that this verb appears to have no ancient descendants in Italian. It also suggests it to be a contraction of *vir-asca, from the base of virdis (“green”), but this faces serious morphological difficulties. A pre-Roman origin has been proposed but remains unproven. Compare Sicilian frasca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfras.ka/
• Rhymes: -aska
• Hyphenation: frà‧sca

Noun

frasca f (plural frasche, diminutive frascina/fraschetta/frascerella)

1. a bough, branch covered with leaves, a leafy branch

   Hypernym: ramo

2. (figurative) as a symbol of instability, vanity, or blitheness:
   1. (plural only) caprices, whims
   2. (mildly derogatory) frivolous woman
   3. (plural only) frills (superfluous ornaments)

Derived terms

• infrascare

Descendants

• French: frasque

Further reading

• “frasca”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026