frasca

See also: Frasca

Galician

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾaska̝/

Noun

frasca f (plural frascas)

1. shit; trash; crap; litter

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *flaskǭ (“braid-covered bottle”). Attested in Iberian Medieval Latin documents as flasca since 827.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾaska̝/

Noun

frasca f (plural frascas)

1. flask, bottle, vial

Derived terms

• frasco

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “frasca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “frasca”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Italian

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. Possibly from Late Latin frasca, from a contraction of *vir-asca, from the base of virdis (“green”). Compare Sicilian frasca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfra.ska/
• Rhymes: -aska
• Hyphenation: frà‧sca

Noun

frasca f (plural frasche)

1. bough, branch
2. (figurative) symbol of instability, vanity, or blitheness
   1. caprice, whim
   2. (mildly derogatory) frivolous woman
   3. (plural only) frill (superfluous ornament)

Derived terms

• infrascare

Further reading

• frasca in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana