refrany
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
From Old Occitan refranh, from refrànher (“to console; to repeat”), from Vulgar Latin *refrangō, from Latin refringō (“to break up”). Compare Spanish refrán, French refrain.
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Noun edit
refrany m (plural refranys)
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Further reading edit
- “refrany” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.