🇬🇧 en fi 🇫🇮

phrase noun

  /fɹeɪz/
  • (grammar) 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.
  • (music) A small section of music in a larger piece.
 fraasi, lauseke
  • A short written or spoken expression.
 ilmaus

phrase verb

  /fɹeɪz/
  • (transitive) To express (an action, thought or idea) by means of particular words.
 ilmaista, pukea sanoiksi
  • (transitive, intransitive, music) To perform (a passage) with a particular phrasing.
  • (transitive, music) To divide into melodic phrases.
 fraseerata

phrasing noun

  /ˈfɹeɪzɪŋ/
  • (music) The way the musical phrases are put together in a composition or in its interpretation, with changes in tempo, volume, or emphasizing one or more instruments over others.
 fraseeraus, sanamuoto
  • The way a statement is put together, particularly in matters of style and word choice.
 sanamuoto
set phrase
idiomi, kiteymä, sanaliitto, vakiintunut ilmaus
adverbial phrase
adverbiaalilauseke, adverbilauseke
adjective phrase
adjektiivilauseke
parting phrase
hyvästely
fixed phrase
sanaliitto
participial phrase
lauseenvastike
noun phrase
nominilauseke, substantiivilauseke
prepositional phrase
prepositiolauseke
turn of phrase
lausekäänne, lauseparsi, sanakäänne
Wiktionary Links