refreno

refreno

See also: refrenó

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English refrainFrench refrainGerman RefrainRussian рефре́н (refrén), Portuguese refrão.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /refˈreno/
  • Rhymes: -eno

Noun

refreno (plural refreni)

  1. (music, poetry) refrain

Latin

Etymology

    From re- + frēnō.

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    refrēnō (present infinitive refrēnāre, perfect active refrēnāvī, supine refrēnātum); first conjugation

    1. to bridle, check, curb, restrain, refrain (from)
      Synonyms: impediō, obstō, moror, arceō, supprimō, cū̆nctor, contineō, cohibeō, dētineō, retineō, intersaepiō, inclūdō, tardō, perimō, officiō, saepiō, premō, reprimō, coërceō, comprimō, sustentō
      Antonyms: līberō, eximō, vindicō, servō, absolvō, exonerō, excipiō, ēmittō

    Conjugation

    Descendants

    • Catalan: refrenar
    • English: refrain
    • French: refréner
    • Portuguese: refrear
    • Spanish: refrenar

    References

    • refreno”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • refreno”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • refreno”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • to bridle one's desires: refrenare cupiditates, libidines

    Spanish

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /reˈfɾeno/ [reˈfɾe.no]
    • Rhymes: -eno
    • Syllabification: re‧fre‧no

    Verb

    refreno

    1. first-person singular present indicative of refrenar