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# fraise

«fraise» in Mova's school dictionary: **the French word for strawberry; it is said like «frez» to…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

1) (French) «Fraise» is the French word for strawberry; it is said like «frez» to an English ear. [tree →](https://md.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://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fraise/#m3)

### sense 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://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fraise/#x2)
- The menu offered «tarte aux fraises», a strawberry tart. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fraise/#x3)
- Fraises des bois are tiny wild strawberries. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fraise/#x5)
- Our teacher held up a strawberry and said, «une fraise!». [tree →](https://md.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.

### In the corpora

- [une fraise is a strawberry, une framboise is a raspberry and une myrtille is a blueberry.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/french/18-food-and-drink/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «fraise» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fraise/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.