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 Translation for 'phrase' from English to French
NOUN   a phrase | phrases
VERB   to phrase | phrased | phrased
phrasing | phrases
SYNO idiom | idiomatic expression | musical phrase | ...
tourner qc. [lettre, compliment, critique]to phrase sth.
Nouns
expression {f}phrase
3
ling.
syntagme {m}
phrase
2 Words
ling.
complément {m} circonstanciel
adverbial phrase
ling.
formule {f} toute faite
commonplace phrase
ling.
formule {f} toute faite
empty phrase
ling.
formule {f} de politesse
greeting phrase [greeting formula]
ling.
cliché {m}
hackneyed phrase
ling.
syntagme {m} nominal
noun phrase
ling.littérat.
guide {m} de conversation
phrase book
ling.littérat.
manuel {m} de conversation
phrase book
ling.
formule {f} de politesse
polite phrase
ling.
complément {m} de nom
possessive phrase
ling.
syntagme {m} prépositionnel
prepositional phrase
ling.
formule {f} toute faite
set phrase
formule {f} magiquetalismanic phrase
ling.
syntagme {m} verbal
verb phrase
3 Words
ling.
expression {f} passe-partout
catch-all (phrase)
ling.
formule {f} de politesse
phrase of civility
ling.
tour {m} [de phrase]
turn of phrase
ling.
tournure {f} [formulation]
turn of phrase
21 translations
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  • phrase {f} = sentence
  • début {m} de phrase = beginning of the sentence
  • membre {m} de phrase = part of a sentence
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Usage Examples English
  • In cases where a noun phrase is placed before the verb phrase or noun phrase predicate, "kipu" is not fronted.
  • The phrase structure when using no as a possessive particle is indicated in (29). The phrase constitutes a noun phrase.
  • So, the inverse indicator indicates for relation types whether as phrase is a base phrase (1) or an inverse phrase (2).
  • We can receive the number of phrase, which is not from the dictionary.
  • Trent is also known for his signature phrase, "Uh-huh, oh yeah," a phrase that originated in a sketch he performed on "Hee Haw."

  • The determiner "the" is now depicted as the head of the entire phrase, thus making the phrase a determiner phrase.
  • In English, pied-piping occurs when a "wh"-expression drags its containing phrase with it to the front of the clause.
  • In grammatical analysis, most phrases contain a head, which identifies the type and linguistic features of the phrase.
  • The order of constituents in a phrase can vary as much as the order of constituents in a clause.
  • The phrase and its associated videos quickly became an Internet meme, and inspired real-life videobombing incidents.

  • Or noun phrase is pronounced like an affix. Clitics play a syntactic role at the phrase level.
  • A nominal phrase may contain a "position phrase"; this may be seen as merely another nominal phrase with a preposition (or postposition) or a pronominal adverb (see Adverbial phrases).
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