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# fraise

noun (fraise — French; fraise, fraises — rare English senses)

«fraise» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (French) «Fraise» is the French word for strawberry; it is said like «frez» to an English ear. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fraise/#m1)
2. (history, rare English) A fraise is a stiff frilled collar like a ruff, or a fence of sharp stakes around a fort. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fraise/#m2)
3. (rare English) A fraise is a tool for widening a hole. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fraise/#m3)

### In the lessons

In French lessons, «une fraise» means a strawberry: «la glace à la fraise» is strawberry ice cream. In English, the word is rare and mostly appears in history books about forts and old clothes, or on menus with French names. Common phrases: «une fraise», «fraises des bois» (wild strawberries), «à la fraise».

### Examples

- In French, «fraise» means strawberry. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fraise/#x1)
- Je voudrais une glace à la fraise, said Emma in French class. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fraise/#x2)
- The menu offered «tarte aux fraises», a strawberry tart. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fraise/#x3)
- Fraises des bois are tiny wild strawberries. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fraise/#x4)
- The old fort had a fraise of sharp stakes round its wall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fraise/#x5)
- Our teacher held up a strawberry and said, «une fraise!». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fraise/#x6)

### Note

In everyday English this is not a common word; mostly it is French. French: feminine «une fraise», plural «des fraises» (the s is silent). Do not confuse with «phrase» (a group of words), which sounds a little similar.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «fraise» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fraise/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«fraise» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/fraise.html) on Mova free.