Feminine

frasca

Meaning

  1. (feminine) bough, branch
  2. (feminine, figuratively) symbol of instability, vanity, or blitheness
  3. (derogatory, feminine, figuratively, mildly) symbol of instability, vanity, or blitheness
  4. (feminine, figuratively, plural, plural-only) symbol of instability, vanity, or blitheness

Translations

Hyphenated as
frà‧sca
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈfras.ka/
Etymology

The origin is uncertain. Possibly from Late Latin frasca, from a contraction of *vir-asca, from the base of virdis (“green”). Compare Sicilian frasca.

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