refrain

(Αγγλικός)

Verb

1. (archaic, transitive) To hold back, to restrain (someone or something).
2. (archaic, reflexive) To show restraint; to hold oneself back.
3. (archaic, transitive) To repress (a desire, emotion etc.); to check or curb.
4. (intransitive) To stop oneself from some action or interference; to abstain; to eschew
5. (rare, regional, transitive) To abstain from (food or drink).

Noun

1. The chorus or burden of a song repeated at the end of each verse or stanza.
2. (broadly) A much repeated comment, complaint, or saying.

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ɹɪˈfɹeɪn/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Κληρονομήθηκε από Μέσα Αγγλικά: refreynen

Συγγενές με Οξιτανικά: refranhs

In summary

From Middle English refreynen, from Anglo-Norman refraindre, Middle French refreindre (from Latin refringere), and Anglo-Norman refrener, Middle French refrener (from Latin refrenare).

Έννοιες

επωδός

απέχω

ρεφρέν

ρεφραίν

αποφεύγω

epodós

συγκρατούμαι

εγκρατεύομαι

refrén

Συνώνυμα

chorus

abstain

hold back

avoid

desist

forbear

restrain oneself

burden

cease

stop

🛑

suppress

eschew

hold

decline

forego

forgo

keep back

keep oneself

melody

refuse

restrain

cancel

forbearance

forebear

deny oneself

abnegate

free

🆓

harbinger

band

abstinence

hold down

hold off

keep

stand off

tell again and again

mean

be temperate

patient

postpone

prophesy

quit

be abstemious

repeat

🔁

repress

reserve

resist

embrass

retain

say

🗣️

scorn

Μεταφράσεις

Refrain

refrain

ritornello

refrein

estribillo

refren

Kehrreim

refrão

abstenerse

se retenir

estribilho

s’abstenir

abster-se

trattenersi

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