refrain

common noun

Syllable Decomposition

refrain

used to make refrait ("melody", "liturgical response", figuratively "repeated words, constant thoughts") in Old French, deverbative of refraindre ("to break", "to repress, moderate", "to modulate [the voice]", "to resound, intone") itself from popular Latin refrangere, reworking on frangere of refringere.

Definitions

marine

Plural

refrains

Translations

  • germangerman:Refrain
  • englishenglish:refrain
  • spanishspanish:refrán
  • hebrewhebrew:עברית
  • italianitalian:ritornello
  • dutchdutch:refrein
  • polishpolish:refren
  • swedishswedish:refräng