frase

See also: Frase, frasé, frâse, fräse, and fråse

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈfɾa.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈfɾa.ze]

Noun

frase f (plural frases)

1. phrase
2. sentence

Synonyms

• (sentence): sentència

Further reading

• “frase” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “frase”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “frase” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “frase” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: fra‧se

Noun

frase f (plural frasen or frases, diminutive frasetje n)

1. phrase

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʁaz/
• Homophones: frasent, frases

Verb

frase

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

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Galician

Etymology

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

Noun

frase f (plural frases)

1. phrase

Further reading

• “frase”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

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Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fra.ze/

Noun

frase f (plural frasi)

1. (linguistics) sentence
2. (linguistics) phrase, clause
3. expression, phrase
4. (music) phrase

Synonyms

• polirematica
• espressione
• locuzione

Related terms

• frase fatta
• fraseggiare
• fraseologia

Anagrams

• farse, fresa, sfare, sfera

Further reading

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

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

frase m (definite singular frasen, indefinite plural fraser, definite plural frasene)

1. a phrase
2. (music) a phrase

Derived terms

• fraseologi

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

frase m (definite singular frasen, indefinite plural frasar, definite plural frasane)

1. a phrase

Derived terms

• fraseologi

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• phrase (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾa.zɨ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾa.zi/
• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾa.ze/
• Hyphenation: fra‧se

Noun

frase f (plural frases)

1. (grammar) sentence (grammatically complete series of words)
2. (music) phrase (a small, somewhat independent series of notes)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:frase.

Synonyms

• (sentence): sentença (obsolete)

Related terms

• frasal

See also

• locução (“grammatical phrase”)

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Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾase/ [ˈfɾa.se]

Noun

frase f (plural frases)

1. sentence

   Synonym: oración

2. phrase

Derived terms

• frase hecha

Further reading

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