phrase

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Concepten

frase

gezegde

uitdrukking

zin

idioom

zegswijze

bewoording

zinsnede

spreekwijze

volzin

spreekwoord

uitspraak

zinswending

wapenspreuk

slagzin

zinsdeel

expressie

epigram

betuiging

hekelrijm

devies

inkleden

leus

leuze

lijfspreuk

motto

onder woorden brengen

spreken

🗣️

taaleigen

uitdrukken

uiting

verwoorden

Synoniemen

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

Vertalingen

phrase

locution

espressione

frase

φράση

frase

locuzione

Phrase

Redewendung

frase

syntagme

formulare

formulieren

expression

expressão

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/fɹeɪz/

Etymologie (Engels)

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