Phrase

//fɹeɪz//

Synonyms for "phrase" (254 found)

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Closest matches (51)

Verb(1 words)
articulate

Strong matches (76)

Verb(2 words)
formulategive voice

Related words (127)

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Verb(1 words)
word

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12 relation types

More general

21 entries

Showing 16 of 21 words.

More specific

5 entries

Synonyms

4 entries

Related terms

2 entries

capable of

1 entries

derived

68 entries

Showing 16 of 68 words.

has context

2 entries

is a

4 entries

manner of

1 entries

meronym

1 entries

part of

2 entries

related to

19 entries

Showing 16 of 19 words.

Translations

265 translations across 80 languages.

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Afrikaans

2 entries
  • 'n frase noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • frase noun (short written or spoken expression)

Albanian

4 entries
  • frazë noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • frazë noun (grammar: group of two or more words that express an idea but do not form a complete sentence)
  • shprehje noun (grammar: group of two or more words that express an idea but do not form a complete sentence)
  • thënie noun (short written or spoken expression)

Amharic

1 entries
  • ሐረግ noun (short written or spoken expression)

Arabic

4 entries
  • تَعْبِير noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • تَعْبِير noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • جُمْلَة noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • عِبَارَة noun (short written or spoken expression)

Armenian

2 entries
  • արտահայտություն noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • բառակապակցություն noun (grammar: group of two or more words that express an idea but do not form a complete sentence)

Azerbaijani

4 entries
  • fraza noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • ibarə noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • ibarə noun (grammar: group of two or more words that express an idea but do not form a complete sentence)
  • ifadə noun (short written or spoken expression)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • высло́ўе noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • словазлучэ́нне noun (grammar: group of two or more words that express an idea but do not form a complete sentence)
  • словазлучэ́ньне noun (grammar: group of two or more words that express an idea but do not form a complete sentence)
  • фра́за noun (short written or spoken expression)

Bengali

2 entries
  • ফ্রেজ noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • বাক্য noun (short written or spoken expression)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • и́зраз noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • фра́за noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • фра́за noun (grammar: group of two or more words that express an idea but do not form a complete sentence)
  • фра́за noun (music: small section of music in a larger piece)

Burmese

1 entries
  • နိဒ္ဒေသ noun (short written or spoken expression)

Catalan

2 entries
  • frase noun (music: small section of music in a larger piece)
  • sintagma noun (grammar: group of two or more words that express an idea but do not form a complete sentence)

Chechen

1 entries
  • алар noun (short written or spoken expression)

Chinese

1 entries
  • 片語 /片语 noun (short written or spoken expression)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 片語 /片语 noun (short written or spoken expression)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 樂句 /乐句 noun (music: small section of music in a larger piece)
  • 片語 /片语 noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • 短語 /短语 noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • 詞組 /词组 noun (short written or spoken expression)

Czech

3 entries
  • fráze noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • slovní spojení noun (grammar: group of two or more words that express an idea but do not form a complete sentence)
  • sousloví noun (grammar: group of two or more words that express an idea but do not form a complete sentence)

Danish

2 entries
  • frase noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • udtryk noun (short written or spoken expression)

Dutch

2 entries
  • frase noun (grammar: group of two or more words that express an idea but do not form a complete sentence)
  • uitspraak noun (short written or spoken expression)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • frazo noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • lokucio noun (grammar: group of two or more words that express an idea but do not form a complete sentence)

Estonian

3 entries
  • fraas noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • fraas noun (grammar: group of two or more words that express an idea but do not form a complete sentence)
  • väljend noun (short written or spoken expression)

Finnish

4 entries
  • fraasi noun (grammar: group of two or more words that express an idea but do not form a complete sentence)
  • fraasi noun (music: small section of music in a larger piece)
  • ilmaus noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • lauseke noun (grammar: group of two or more words that express an idea but do not form a complete sentence)

French

4 entries
  • expression noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • locution noun (grammar: group of two or more words that express an idea but do not form a complete sentence)
  • phrase noun (music: small section of music in a larger piece)
  • syntagme noun (grammar: group of two or more words that express an idea but do not form a complete sentence)

Galician

1 entries
  • frase noun (short written or spoken expression)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ფრაზა noun (short written or spoken expression)

German

4 entries
  • Phrase noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • Phrase noun (grammar: group of two or more words that express an idea but do not form a complete sentence)
  • Phrase noun (music: small section of music in a larger piece)
  • Redewendung noun (short written or spoken expression)

Greek

4 entries
  • φράση noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • φράση noun (grammar: group of two or more words that express an idea but do not form a complete sentence)
  • φράση noun (music: small section of music in a larger piece)
  • φράζειν verb (express by means of words)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • מִשְׁפָּט noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • צֵרוּף לָשׁוֹן noun (short written or spoken expression)

Hindi

4 entries
  • इबारत noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • जुमला noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • मुहावरा noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • वाक्य noun (short written or spoken expression)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • csoport or szerkezet noun (grammar: group of two or more words that express an idea but do not form a complete sentence)
  • frázis noun (music: small section of music in a larger piece)
  • kifejezés noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • mondás noun (short written or spoken expression)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • frasi noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • málsháttur noun (short written or spoken expression)

Indonesian

3 entries
  • frasa noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • frasa noun (grammar: group of two or more words that express an idea but do not form a complete sentence)
  • ungkapan noun (short written or spoken expression)

Interlingua

2 entries
  • expression noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • exprimer verb (express by means of words)

Iranian Persian

4 entries
  • جُمْلِه noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • عِبارَت noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • گُروه noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • گُروه واژِه noun (short written or spoken expression)

Irish

3 entries
  • abairtín noun (grammar: group of two or more words that express an idea but do not form a complete sentence)
  • frása noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • frása noun (grammar: group of two or more words that express an idea but do not form a complete sentence)

Italian

4 entries
  • espressione noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • frase noun (grammar: group of two or more words that express an idea but do not form a complete sentence)
  • frase noun (music: small section of music in a larger piece)
  • locuzione noun (grammar: group of two or more words that express an idea but do not form a complete sentence)

Japanese

4 entries
  • フレーズ noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • フレーズ noun (music: small section of music in a larger piece)
  • 句 noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • 句 noun (grammar: group of two or more words that express an idea but do not form a complete sentence)

Kalo Finnish Romani

1 entries
  • laavengo knippos noun (grammar: group of two or more words that express an idea but do not form a complete sentence)

Kazakh

3 entries
  • сөйлем noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • сөйлемше noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • фраза noun (short written or spoken expression)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ឃ្លា noun (short written or spoken expression)

Korean

4 entries
  • 구 noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • 구 noun (grammar: group of two or more words that express an idea but do not form a complete sentence)
  • 악구 noun (music: small section of music in a larger piece)
  • 어구 noun (short written or spoken expression)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • сүйлөм noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • фраза noun (short written or spoken expression)

Lao

2 entries
  • ປໂຍກ noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • ວະລີ noun (short written or spoken expression)

Latvian

1 entries
  • frāze noun (short written or spoken expression)

Lithuanian

4 entries
  • frazė noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • frazė noun (grammar: group of two or more words that express an idea but do not form a complete sentence)
  • žodžių junginys noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • žodžių junginys noun (grammar: group of two or more words that express an idea but do not form a complete sentence)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • израз noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • фраза noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • фраза noun (music: small section of music in a larger piece)
  • изразува verb (express by means of words)

Malay

2 entries
  • frasa noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • ungkapan noun (short written or spoken expression)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • хэлц noun (short written or spoken expression)

Māori

2 entries
  • kīanga noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • rerenga kupu noun (short written or spoken expression)

Northern Sami

1 entries
  • gihppu noun (grammar: group of two or more words that express an idea but do not form a complete sentence)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries
  • frase noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • frase noun (grammar: group of two or more words that express an idea but do not form a complete sentence)
  • frase noun (music: small section of music in a larger piece)

Norwegian Nynorsk

3 entries
  • frase noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • frase noun (grammar: group of two or more words that express an idea but do not form a complete sentence)
  • frase noun (music: small section of music in a larger piece)

Pashto

1 entries
  • عبارت noun (short written or spoken expression)

Polish

4 entries
  • fraza noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • fraza noun (grammar: group of two or more words that express an idea but do not form a complete sentence)
  • fraza noun (music: small section of music in a larger piece)
  • wypowiedzenie noun (grammar: group of two or more words that express an idea but do not form a complete sentence)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • expressão noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • frase noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • frase noun (music: small section of music in a larger piece)
  • locução noun (grammar: group of two or more words that express an idea but do not form a complete sentence)

Romanian

4 entries
  • expresie noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • expresie noun (grammar: group of two or more words that express an idea but do not form a complete sentence)
  • frază noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • frază noun (grammar: group of two or more words that express an idea but do not form a complete sentence)

Romansch

2 entries
  • frasa noun (grammar: group of two or more words that express an idea but do not form a complete sentence)
  • frasa noun (music: small section of music in a larger piece)

Russian

4 entries
  • выраже́ние noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • оборо́т ре́чи noun (grammar: group of two or more words that express an idea but do not form a complete sentence)
  • словосочета́ние noun (grammar: group of two or more words that express an idea but do not form a complete sentence)
  • фра́за noun (short written or spoken expression)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • abairt noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • abairt noun (grammar: group of two or more words that express an idea but do not form a complete sentence)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • fráza noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • фра́за noun (short written or spoken expression)

Slovak

2 entries
  • fráza noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • zvrat noun (short written or spoken expression)

Slovene

2 entries
  • fraza noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • stavek noun (grammar: group of two or more words that express an idea but do not form a complete sentence)

Spanish

4 entries
  • expresión noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • frase noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • frase noun (grammar: group of two or more words that express an idea but do not form a complete sentence)
  • frase noun (music: small section of music in a larger piece)

Swedish

4 entries
  • fras noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • fras noun (grammar: group of two or more words that express an idea but do not form a complete sentence)
  • fras noun (music: small section of music in a larger piece)
  • uttryck noun (short written or spoken expression)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • parirala noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • parirala noun (grammar: group of two or more words that express an idea but do not form a complete sentence)

Tajik

2 entries
  • ибора noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • ҷумла noun (short written or spoken expression)

Tatar

2 entries
  • гыйбарә noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • сүзтезмә noun (short written or spoken expression)

Thai

3 entries
  • ประโยค noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • วลี noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • วลี noun (grammar: group of two or more words that express an idea but do not form a complete sentence)

Tok Pisin

1 entries
  • toktok noun (short written or spoken expression)

Turkish

4 entries
  • deyim noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • ifade noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • tabir noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • öbek noun (grammar: group of two or more words that express an idea but do not form a complete sentence)

Turkmen

2 entries
  • fraza noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • jümle noun (short written or spoken expression)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • ви́слів noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • ре́чення noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • словосполу́чення noun (grammar: group of two or more words that express an idea but do not form a complete sentence)
  • фра́за noun (short written or spoken expression)

Urdu

2 entries
  • جُمْلَہ noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • عِبارَت noun (short written or spoken expression)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • ئىبارەت noun (short written or spoken expression)

Uzbek

3 entries
  • fraza noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • gap noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • ibora noun (short written or spoken expression)

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • câu noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • cụm từ noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • cụm từ noun (grammar: group of two or more words that express an idea but do not form a complete sentence)

Volapük

1 entries
  • fraseod noun (short written or spoken expression)

Walloon

2 entries
  • fråze noun (grammar: group of two or more words that express an idea but do not form a complete sentence)
  • ratourneure noun (short written or spoken expression)

Welsh

3 entries
  • brawddeg noun (music: small section of music in a larger piece)
  • priod-ddull noun (grammar: group of two or more words that express an idea but do not form a complete sentence)
  • ymadrodd noun (short written or spoken expression)

Wu Chinese

1 entries
  • 片語 /片语 noun (short written or spoken expression)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • פֿראַזע noun (short written or spoken expression)
  • פֿראַזע noun (grammar: group of two or more words that express an idea but do not form a complete sentence)

Sample sentences

19 total sentences available.

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You know the phrase, we reap what we sow. I have sown the wind and this is my storm.

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The phrase is meant to insult people.

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How is this phrase to be interpreted?

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What is the meaning of this phrase?

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