franja

Borrowed from French frange.

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

franja f (plural franges)

1. strip
2. band, border

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

• “franja”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃ʒɐ
• Hyphenation: fran‧ja

Borrowed from French frange. Doublet of fímbria.

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^[1], 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.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

franja

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

• “franja”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (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

From Italian fragno.

frȁnja f (Cyrillic spelling фра̏ња)

1. (regional) marble

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾanxa/ [ˈfɾãŋ.xa]

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• Rhymes: -anxa
• Syllabification: fran‧ja

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

franja f (plural franjas)

1. stripe
2. strip

   Synonym: raya

3. bangs, fringe

franja

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

• “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], 10 December 2024