"frasca" meaning in Italian

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfras.ka/ Forms: frasche [plural], frascina [diminutive], fraschetta [diminutive], frascerella [diminutive]
Rhymes: -aska Etymology: The origin is uncertain. According to Etimo, possibly from Late Latin frasca, itself possibly from a hypothetical *fraxus, a variant of fractus (“broken”), from frangere (“to break”), but this is contradicted by the fact that this verb appears to have no ancient descendants in Italian. It also suggests it to be a contraction of *vir-asca, from the base of virdis (“green”), but this faces serious morphological difficulties. A pre-Roman origin has been proposed but remains unproven. Compare Sicilian frasca. Etymology templates: {{unc|it|nocap=1}} uncertain, {{inh|it|la-lat|frasca}} Late Latin frasca, {{cog|scn|frasca}} Sicilian frasca Head templates: {{it-noun|f|dim=frascina/fraschetta/frascerella}} frasca f (plural frasche, diminutive frascina/fraschetta/frascerella)
  1. a bough, branch covered with leaves, a leafy branch Tags: feminine Hypernyms: ramo
    Sense id: en-frasca-it-noun-U8J2P6AU
  2. (figurative) as a symbol of instability, vanity, or blitheness:
    (plural only) caprices, whims
    Tags: feminine, figuratively, plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-frasca-it-noun-4Vbqq~ui Categories (other): Italian pluralia tantum, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 2 7 5 51 9 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 5 4 39 13 38 Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 6 37 20 37
  3. (figurative) as a symbol of instability, vanity, or blitheness:
    (mildly derogatory) frivolous woman
    Tags: derogatory, feminine, figuratively, mildly
    Sense id: en-frasca-it-noun-ffArlG~C Categories (other): Pages with entries, Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 5 4 39 13 38 Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 6 37 20 37
  4. (figurative) as a symbol of instability, vanity, or blitheness:
    (plural only) frills (superfluous ornaments)
    Tags: feminine, figuratively, plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-frasca-it-noun-liGNurlD Categories (other): Italian pluralia tantum, Pages with entries, Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 5 4 39 13 38 Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 6 37 20 37
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: infrascare
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0 0

Inflected forms

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