frasa

See also: frása and fräsa

French

Pronunciation

Verb

frasa

  1. third-person singular past historic of fraser

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈfrasa]
  • Hyphenation: fra‧sa
  • Rhymes: -sa, -a

Noun

frasa (plural frasa-frasa, first-person possessive frasaku, second-person possessive frasamu, third-person possessive frasanya)

  1. phrase: 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.

Derived terms
  • frasa adjektival
  • frasa adverbial
  • frasa apositif
  • frasa eksosentris
  • frasa endosentris
  • frasa nominal
  • frasa parataktis
  • frasa verbal

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse fræs f (“whizzing, hissing”).

Verb

frasa (present frasar, preterite frasade, supine frasat, imperative frasa)

  1. to rustle, crackle, crunch, rattle

Conjugation
Conjugation of frasa (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive frasa frasas
Supine frasat frasats
Imperative frasa —
Imper. plural1 frasen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative frasar frasade frasas frasades
Ind. plural1 frasa frasade frasas frasades
Subjunctive2 frase frasade frases frasades
Participles
Present participle frasande
Past participle frasad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Anagrams

Westrobothnian

Alternative forms

Etymology

See fres (“hissing, crackling”)

Verb

frasa

  1. crackle, sparkle; of fire
  2. fizzle, mill
    Hä frasa ti norrskena
    sputtered in the aurora (When aurora is very low, the sound is heard thereof as when fanning with a piece of silk fabric.)
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