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"sentence (in grammar)" in seven languages

Meaningsentence (in grammar)

Spanish

frase

/ˈfɾase/

fem.learned

Grammar books also say oración.

French

phrase

/fʁaz/

fem.learned

Italian

frase

/ˈfraze/

fem.learned

Portuguese

frase

/ˈfɾazi/

fem.learned

Romanian

propoziție

/propoˈzitsie/

fem.other source · Latin PROPOSITIŌNEM 'proposition' (learned)

Frază is a longer sentence of several clauses.

Catalan

frase

/ˈfɾazə/

fem.learned

English

sentence

/ˈsɛntəns/

other source · Old French sentence, Latin SENTENTIA 'opinion'

English → Italiansentence (in grammar)fraseNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: phrase, paraphrase.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

PHRASIS‘diction, expression (from Greek)’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

A double trap: es sentencia, fr sentence, it sentenza are a judge's ruling, and English phrase is only part of a sentence.

English relatives: phrase, paraphrase

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  • esEscribe una frase con esta palabra.
  • frÉcris une phrase avec ce mot.
  • itScrivi una frase con questa parola.
  • ptEscreva uma frase com esta palavra.
  • roScrie o propoziție cu acest cuvânt.
  • caEscriu una frase amb aquesta paraula.
  • enWrite a sentence with this word.

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