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frază
sentence /ˈfra.zə/
noun#5286 most common
Also: complex sentence (grammar term), musical phrase
Example sentences
Aceasta este o frază simplă.
This is a simple sentence.
Scrie o frază despre familia ta.
Write a sentence about your family.
Profesorul ne-a cerut să analizăm fraza.
The teacher asked us to analyze the sentence.
Fraza aceasta conține mai multe propoziții subordonate.
This sentence contains several subordinate clauses.
Muzicianul a interpretat fraza melodică cu multă sensibilitate.
The musician performed the melodic phrase with great sensitivity.
Complexitatea sintactică a frazei face traducerea dificilă.
The syntactic complexity of the sentence makes translation difficult.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | frază | fraze |
| Genitive | fraze | fraze |
| Accusative | frază | fraze |
| Vocative | frază | fraze |
Word family
a frazato phrase (especially in music)
frazarephrasing
frazeologiephraseology
propozițieclause, simple sentence (contrasts with frază)
Etymology
Frază entered Romanian from French phrase in the nineteenth century, part of a wave of French borrowings that reshaped Romanian's learned vocabulary. French phrase in turn goes back to Greek phrasis, meaning speech or way of expression, from the verb phrazein, to point out or declare. The word kept its grammatical and musical senses across languages.
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