"frică" meaning in Romanian

See frică in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈfrikə/ Audio: LL-Q7913 (ron)-Filosoful-frică.wav , LL-Q7913 (ron)-Andreea Teodoraa-frică.wav
Etymology: Probably from Ancient Greek φρίκη (phríkē) or more likely Byzantine Greek φρίκη (phríkē), but the presence of the word in Istro-Romanian indicates it was a very old borrowing. Compare Albanian frikë, also Aromanian fricã. Etymology templates: {{der|ro|grc|φρίκη}} Ancient Greek φρίκη (phríkē), {{der|ro|gkm|φρίκη}} Byzantine Greek φρίκη (phríkē), {{cog|sq|frikë}} Albanian frikë, {{cog|rup|fricã}} Aromanian fricã Head templates: {{ro-noun|f|frici}} frică f (plural frici) Inflection templates: {{ro-decl-noun|g=f|gpd=fricilor|gpi=frici|gsd=fricii|gsi=frici|n=|npd=fricile|npi=frici|nsd=frica|nsi=frică|vp=fricilor|vs=frică|vs2=frico}} Forms: frici [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], frică [accusative, indefinite, nominative, singular], frica [accusative, definite, nominative, singular], frici [accusative, indefinite, nominative, plural], fricile [accusative, definite, nominative, plural], frici [error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, singular], fricii [definite, error-unrecognized-form, singular], frici [error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, plural], fricilor [definite, error-unrecognized-form, plural], frică [singular, vocative], frico [singular, vocative], fricilor [plural, vocative]
  1. fear Tags: feminine Synonyms: teamă Derived forms: fricos, înfrica
    Sense id: en-frică-ro-noun-WNVOfHVT Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Romanian entries with incorrect language header, Emotions

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "φρίκη"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek φρίκη (phríkē)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "gkm",
        "3": "φρίκη"
      },
      "expansion": "Byzantine Greek φρίκη (phríkē)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sq",
        "2": "frikë"
      },
      "expansion": "Albanian frikë",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "rup",
        "2": "fricã"
      },
      "expansion": "Aromanian fricã",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Probably from Ancient Greek φρίκη (phríkē) or more likely Byzantine Greek φρίκη (phríkē), but the presence of the word in Istro-Romanian indicates it was a very old borrowing. Compare Albanian frikë, also Aromanian fricã.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "frici",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ro-noun-f-ă-i",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frică",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frica",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frici",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fricile",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frici",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fricii",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frici",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fricilor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frică",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frico",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fricilor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "frici"
      },
      "expansion": "frică f (plural frici)",
      "name": "ro-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "f",
        "gpd": "fricilor",
        "gpi": "frici",
        "gsd": "fricii",
        "gsi": "frici",
        "n": "",
        "npd": "fricile",
        "npi": "frici",
        "nsd": "frica",
        "nsi": "frică",
        "vp": "fricilor",
        "vs": "frică",
        "vs2": "frico"
      },
      "name": "ro-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Romanian",
  "lang_code": "ro",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ro",
          "name": "Emotions",
          "orig": "ro:Emotions",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "fricos"
        },
        {
          "word": "înfrica"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fear"
      ],
      "id": "en-frică-ro-noun-WNVOfHVT",
      "links": [
        [
          "fear",
          "fear"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "teamă"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfrikə/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q7913 (ron)-Filosoful-frică.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e9/LL-Q7913_%28ron%29-Filosoful-fric%C4%83.wav/LL-Q7913_%28ron%29-Filosoful-fric%C4%83.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e9/LL-Q7913_%28ron%29-Filosoful-fric%C4%83.wav/LL-Q7913_%28ron%29-Filosoful-fric%C4%83.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q7913 (ron)-Andreea Teodoraa-frică.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/74/LL-Q7913_%28ron%29-Andreea_Teodoraa-fric%C4%83.wav/LL-Q7913_%28ron%29-Andreea_Teodoraa-fric%C4%83.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/74/LL-Q7913_%28ron%29-Andreea_Teodoraa-fric%C4%83.wav/LL-Q7913_%28ron%29-Andreea_Teodoraa-fric%C4%83.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "frică"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "fricos"
    },
    {
      "word": "înfrica"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "φρίκη"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek φρίκη (phríkē)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "gkm",
        "3": "φρίκη"
      },
      "expansion": "Byzantine Greek φρίκη (phríkē)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sq",
        "2": "frikë"
      },
      "expansion": "Albanian frikë",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "rup",
        "2": "fricã"
      },
      "expansion": "Aromanian fricã",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Probably from Ancient Greek φρίκη (phríkē) or more likely Byzantine Greek φρίκη (phríkē), but the presence of the word in Istro-Romanian indicates it was a very old borrowing. Compare Albanian frikë, also Aromanian fricã.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "frici",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ro-noun-f-ă-i",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frică",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frica",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frici",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fricile",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frici",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fricii",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frici",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fricilor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frică",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frico",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fricilor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "frici"
      },
      "expansion": "frică f (plural frici)",
      "name": "ro-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "f",
        "gpd": "fricilor",
        "gpi": "frici",
        "gsd": "fricii",
        "gsi": "frici",
        "n": "",
        "npd": "fricile",
        "npi": "frici",
        "nsd": "frica",
        "nsi": "frică",
        "vp": "fricilor",
        "vs": "frică",
        "vs2": "frico"
      },
      "name": "ro-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Romanian",
  "lang_code": "ro",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Romanian countable nouns",
        "Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Romanian feminine nouns",
        "Romanian lemmas",
        "Romanian nouns",
        "Romanian terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "Romanian terms derived from Byzantine Greek",
        "ro:Emotions"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fear"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fear",
          "fear"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "teamă"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfrikə/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q7913 (ron)-Filosoful-frică.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e9/LL-Q7913_%28ron%29-Filosoful-fric%C4%83.wav/LL-Q7913_%28ron%29-Filosoful-fric%C4%83.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e9/LL-Q7913_%28ron%29-Filosoful-fric%C4%83.wav/LL-Q7913_%28ron%29-Filosoful-fric%C4%83.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q7913 (ron)-Andreea Teodoraa-frică.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/74/LL-Q7913_%28ron%29-Andreea_Teodoraa-fric%C4%83.wav/LL-Q7913_%28ron%29-Andreea_Teodoraa-fric%C4%83.wav.mp3",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "frică"
}

Download raw JSONL data for frică meaning in Romanian (3.7kB)

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