franja

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French frange.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈfɾaɲ.ʒə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈfɾaɲ.d͡ʒa]

Noun

franja f (plural franges)

1. strip
2. band, border

Derived terms

• Franja d'Aragó
• franja de Gaza
• Franja de Ponent

Further reading

• “franja” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾɐ̃.ʒɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃ʒɐ
• Hyphenation: fran‧ja

Etymology 1

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

franja

Wikipedia ^pt

Borrowed from French frange. Doublet of fímbria.

Noun

franja f (plural franjas)

1. bangs; fringe (hair hanging over the forehead)
2. fringe (decorative border)
   • 1851 August 14, Eusebio de Queiroz Coitinho Mattoso Camara, “Decreto N.º 812”, in Collecção das leis do Império do Brasil de 1851‎, volume 14, Rio de Janeiro: Imprensa Nacional, published 1852, section 45, page 229:

     Huma dragona com franja de retroz no hombro esquerdo […] e outra sem franja […] no hombro direito.

     A epaulette with twisted yarn fringe over the left shoulder and a fringeless one over the right shoulder.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

franja

1. inflection of franjar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “franja”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “franja”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “franja”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “franja”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Italian fragno.

Noun

frȁnja f (Cyrillic spelling фра̏ња)

1. (regional) marble

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾanxa/ [ˈfɾãŋ.xa]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -anxa
• Syllabification: fran‧ja

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French frange (“fringe”). Doublet of fimbria.

Noun

franja f (plural franjas)

1. stripe
2. strip

   Synonym: raya

3. bangs, fringe

Derived terms

• Franja de Aragón
• franja de Gaza

Etymology 2

Verb

franja

1. inflection of frangir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “franja”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10