different between phrase vs enunciate

English

Etymology

From Late Latin phrasis (“diction”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (phrásis, “manner of expression”), from ????? (phráz?, “I tell, express”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: fr?z, IPA^(key): /f?e?z/
• Rhymes: -e?z
• Homophones: fraise, frays

Noun

phrase (plural phrases)

1. A short written or spoken expression.

2. (grammar) A word or group of words that functions as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence, usually consisting of a head, or central word, and elaborating words.
3. (music) A small section of music in a larger piece.
4. (archaic) A mode or form of speech; diction; expression.

   • phrases of the hearth
5. (dance) A short individual motion forming part of a choreographed dance.

Synonyms

• (expression): figure of speech, locution
• See also Thesaurus:phrase

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• phrase on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

phrase (third-person singular simple present phrases, present participle phrasing, simple past and past participle phrased)

1. (transitive) To express (an action, thought or idea) by means of particular words.

   I wasn't sure how to phrase my condolences without sounding patronising.
2. (intransitive, music) To perform a passage with the correct phrasing.
3. (transitive, music) To divide into melodic phrases.

Derived terms

• phrasing

Related terms

• paraphrase
• rephrase

Translations

Further reading

• phrase in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• phrase in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• phrase at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• E sharp, E-sharp, Harpes, Sharpe, Sherpa, Spehar, e sharp, e-sharp, harpes, hepars, pasher, phares, phaser, raphes, seraph, shaper, sharpe, sherpa, shrape, sphear

French

Etymology

From Latin phrasis (“diction”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (phrásis, “manner of expression”), from ????? (phráz?, “I tell, express”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f??z/

Noun

phrase f (plural phrases)

1. sentence

Derived terms

• phrase complexe
• phrase simple
• tournure de phrase

Usage notes

• This is a false friend to English phrase.

Further reading

• “phrase” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• harpes, phares

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?p?ra.se/, [?p??äs??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?fra.se/, [?f???s??]

Noun

phrase

1. ablative singular of phrasis

Portuguese

Noun

phrase f (plural phrases)

1. Obsolete spelling of frase (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).

English

Etymology

From Latin ?nunti?tus, past participle of ?nunti? (“to report, declare”), from ?- + n?nti? (“to report”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??n?nsi?e?t/
• Hyphenation: e?nun?ci?ate

Verb

enunciate (third-person singular simple present enunciates, present participle enunciating, simple past and past participle enunciated)

1. (transitive) To make a definite or systematic statement of.
2. To announce, proclaim.
   • 1829, Reverend James Marsh, Preface to Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Aids to Reflection (originally published 1825)

     the terms in which he enunciates the great doctrines of the gospel

3. (transitive) To articulate, pronounce.

   You must enunciate all the syllables.

4. (intransitive) To make sounds clearly.

   Enunciate when you speak.

Related terms

• enunciable
• enunciation
• enunciator

Translations

Italian

Verb

enunciate

1. second-person plural present indicative of enunciare
2. second-person plural imperative of enunciare
3. second-person plural present subjunctive of enunciare
4. feminine plural of enunciato

Anagrams

• incuneate

Latin

Participle

?nunci?te

1. vocative masculine singular of ?nunci?tus