frase
Catalan
Etymology
From Late Latin phrasis (“diction”), from Ancient Greek φράσις (phrásis, “manner of expression”), from φράζω (phrázō, “I tell, express”).
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.
- “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.
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
French
Galician
Etymology
From Late Latin phrasis (“diction”), from Ancient Greek φράσις (phrásis, “manner of expression”), from φράζω (phrázō, “I tell, express”).
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)
- (linguistics) sentence
- (linguistics) phrase, clause
- expression, phrase
- (music) phrase
Synonyms
Related terms
Further reading
- frase in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Norwegian Bokmål
Norwegian Nynorsk
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
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈfɾa.zɨ/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfɾa.zi/
- (South Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfɾa.ze/
- Hyphenation: fra‧se
Noun
frase f (plural frases)
Quotations
For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:frase.
Synonyms
- (sentence): sentença (obsolete)
Related terms
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/
Further reading
- “frase” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.