phrase

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A short written or spoken expression.
2. A word or, more commonly, a group of words that functions as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence, always containing an expressed or implied head (the principal word or subgroup, with core importance) and often consisting of a head plus some other elaborating words.
3. A small section of music in a larger piece.
4. (archaic) A mode or form of speech; diction; expression.
5. A short individual motion forming part of a choreographed dance.

Verb

1. (transitive) To express (an action, thought or idea) by means of particular words.
2. (intransitive, transitive) To perform (a passage) with a particular phrasing.
3. (transitive) To divide into melodic phrases.

Concepts

phrase

locution

syntagme

expression

formuler

exprimer

phraser

discours

tournure

proverbe

sentence

idiotisme

dicton

locution figée

groupe

formule à la mode

apophtegme

cri de bataille

partie de la phrase

articuler

connexion

dire

🗣️

épigraphe

formule

manifester

maxime

mot

mot d’ordre

objection

parler

🗣️

slogan

adage

cri de guerre

Synonymes

expression

word

sentence

idiom

saying

clause

words

locution

speech

formulate

proverb

set phrase

maxim

express

couch

🛋️

phrasal idiom

articulate

language

musical phrase

give voice

figure of speech

expressions

epigram

idiomatic expression

term

remark

statement

turn of speech

gnome

frame

crisis

for sure

cant

formula

format

compound word

form

phraseology

cliches

axiom

aphorism

pare

paragraph

motto

facing

part of a sentence

model

phrases

platitude

letter

Traductions

espressione

frase

φράση

frase

locuzione

Phrase

Redewendung

frase

formulare

formulieren

locución

expressão

formular

frase

esprimere

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/fɹeɪz/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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