fresa

See also: fresá and freŝa

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from French fraise.

Noun

fresa f (plural freses)

1. strawberry (fruit)
2. strawberry (plant)

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Catalan

Etymology

Uncertain. Either from French fraise or from Vulgar Latin *frēsare, from frēsum, past participle of Latin frendēre (“to grind”). It was attested only in the 19th century however, and probably a borrowing from French or Latin. See also Spanish fresa.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾə.zə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾɛ.zə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾe.za/
• Rhymes: -ɛza

Noun

fresa m (plural freses)

1. milling cutter

Related terms

• fresar

Further reading

• “fresa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “fresa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

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Hiligaynon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish fresa.

Noun

frésa

1. strawberry

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Italian

Etymology

Probably borrowed from French fraise (18th century). See also Spanish fresa.

Noun

fresa f (plural frese)

1. milling cutter (engineering)

Related terms

• fresare

Verb

fresa

1. third-person singular present indicative of fresare
2. second-person singular imperative of fresare

Anagrams

• farse, frase, sfare, sfera

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Latin

Participle

frēsa

1. nominative feminine singular of frēsus
2. nominative neuter plural of frēsus
3. accusative neuter plural of frēsus
4. vocative feminine singular of frēsus
5. vocative neuter plural of frēsus

Participle

frēsā

1. ablative feminine singular of frēsus

References

• fresa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

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Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fraisō, whence also Old English frēse

Noun

frēsa f

1. danger, peril, risk

Declension

Declension of frēsa (feminine n-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	frēsa	frēsun, frēsan, frēson
accusative	frēsun, frēsan, frēson	frēsun, frēsan, frēson
genitive	frēsun, frēsan, frēson	frēsono
dative	frēsun, frēsan, frēson	frēsun, frēsan, frēson
instrumental	—	—

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Portuguese

Etymology

Probably borrowed from French fraise or from Vulgar Latin frēsare, from frēsum, past participle of Latin frendēre (“to grind”). See also Spanish fresa.

Noun

fresa f (plural fresas)

1. milling cutter (rotary cutting tool)

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾesa/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French fraise (“strawberry”).

Noun

fresa f (plural fresas)

1. strawberry
2. (colloquial, Mexico) snob

Synonyms

• (snob): esnob, pijo
• (strawberry): frutilla

Derived terms

• fresón

Etymology 2

Possibly from French fraise (“milling cutter”), or from the verb fresar, from Vulgar Latin *frēsare, from frēsum, past participle of Latin frendēre (“to grind”).

Noun

fresa f (plural fresas)

1. endmill
2. milling cutter (rotary cutting tool)

Related terms

• fresar

Further reading

• “fresa” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.