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word combination > fixed expression

Preferred term

fixed expression  

Type

  • Microstructure feature

  • owl:NamedIndividual

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • set phrase

Description

  • phrase whose parts are fixed in a certain order, even if the phrase could be changed without harming the literal meaning
  • two or more words that are always found together in a specific arrangement, such as collocations (e.g. nice surprise) compounds (e.g. school dictionary), and idioms (e.g. red herring); a phrase whose constituent elements cannot be moved or substituted without changing the meaning or literal interpretation.

In other languages

  • esapide finkatu

    Basque

  • устойлівая адзінка

    Belarusian

  • locució

    Catalan

  • frase feta
  • fast udtryk

    Danish

  • fast vending
  • idiom
  • fraseologism

    Estonian

  • idioom
  • püsiväljend
  • Sanaliitto

    Finnish

  • expression figée

    French

  • Frase feita

    Galician

  • Redensart

    German

  • feststehender Ausdruck
  • Idiom
  • stehende Wendung
  • παγιωμένη έκφραση

    Greek

  • Ιδιωτισμός
  • fast orðasamband

    Icelandic

  • föst orðanotkun
  • cor cainte

    Irish

  • frase fatta

    Italian

  • sustabarėjęs junginys; frazeologizmas; kolokacija

    Lithuanian

  • idioma
  • зададен израз

    Macedonian

  • wyrażenie utarte

    Polish

  • expresie

    Romanian

  • expresie idiomatică
  • sintagmă
  • устойчивое словосочетание

    Russian

  • фразеологизм
  • фразеологическая единица
  • устаљени израз

    Serbian

  • устаљена фраза
  • устаљени обрт
  • ustálené slovné spojenie

    Slovak

  • stalna besedna zveza

    Slovenian

  • locución

    Spanish

  • frase hecha

URI

http://w3id.org/meta-share/lexmeta/fixedExpression

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