frasa

See also: frása and fräsa

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: frasas, frasât

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)

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.

Alternative forms

• frase

Derived terms

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

 

Further reading

• “frasa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Swedish

Etymology

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

Verb

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

1. to rustle (like something dry and brittle, for example dry leaves)
2. to crunch (of something airy and crispy)

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	—
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• fras
• frasig

References

• frasa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• frasa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• frasa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• faras, farsa, fasar