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adage

  • 1 erran

    iz.
    1. saying, adage; ohizko \errana da it's a common saying; \erran zahar bat da it's an old saying
    2. ( hitza, berba) word, expression; guzien \erranetik as people say
    3. ( aburua, e.a.) opinion, say ni ere zure \erran berekoa naiz I'm of the same opinion as you are
    4. (irud.) \erranaren \erranez by harping; guztien \erranetik from what everyone has said; aspaldiko \erran higatua da it's old news du/ad. ( esan)
    1.
    a. to say; aitak \erranez gero, zaude ba isilik! because your father told you so, be quiet!; errak egia, urka aite (atsot.) tell the truth and run (atsot.)
    b. to tell, say to; egia \erran nion I told him the truth
    c. (esa.) joanen zela \erran zidan. \erran eta egin she said she'd go and that she did; \erran orduko egina no sooner said than done; dakien guzia ez derrala, ahala oro jan ez dezala (atsot.) don't say all you know, don't eat all you can
    2. zer \erran nahi honek? what does this mean?; \erran nahi baita that is to say
    3. to call; nola erraiten zaio honi? what do you call this?

    Euskara Ingelesa hiztegiaren > erran

  • 2 errefrau

    iz. ( atsotitza) adage. saying, proverb, maxim

    Euskara Ingelesa hiztegiaren > errefrau

  • 3 esankizun

    iz.
    1. zer da \esankizuna? — haien ezkontza what's all the talk about? — about their wedding
    2. talk, murmuring
    3. ( errefrau) saying, adage
    4. ( gaia) topic, subject io.
    1. sayable
    2. hori oraindik \esankizun dago that remains to be said

    Euskara Ingelesa hiztegiaren > esankizun

См. также в других словарях:

  • Adage — Ad age, n. [F. adage, fr. L. adagium; ad + the root of L. aio I say.] An old saying, which has obtained credit by long use; a proverb. [1913 Webster] Letting I dare not wait upon I would, Like the poor cat i the adage. Shak. [1913 Webster] Syn:… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • adage — (n.) 1540s, M.Fr. adage, from L. adagium adage, proverb, apparently from adagio, from ad to (see AD (Cf. ad )) + *agi , root of aio I say, from PIE *ag to speak. But Tucker thinks the second element is rather ago …   Etymology dictionary

  • adage — ADAGE. sub. m. Proverbe. Il n est guère d usage qu en plaisanterie, particulièrement dans cette phrase, On dit en commun adage. On dit aussi, D un homme qui affecte un ton sentencieux, Il ne parle que par adages. On appelle Les Adages d Érasme,… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • adage — index catchword, maxim, phrase, principle (axiom) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • adage — bradage grenadage …   Dictionnaire des rimes

  • adage — *saying, saw, proverb, maxim, motto, epigram, aphorism, apothegm …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • adage — [n] saying or proverb aphorism, apothegm, axiom, byword, dictum, maxim, motto, precept, saw; concept 276 …   New thesaurus

  • adage — Adage, Adagium, adagij, Adagio, adagionis, Prouerbium …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • adage — ADAGE. s. m. Proverbe. Il n est guere en usage qu en cette phrase. Les Adages d Erasme …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • adage — ► NOUN ▪ a proverb or short statement expressing a general truth. ORIGIN Latin adagium saying , from aio I say …   English terms dictionary

  • adage — [ad′ij] n. [Fr < L adagium, adagio < ad , to + aio, I say < * agyo < IE base * ēg̑ , speak, say] an old saying that has been popularly accepted as a truth SYN. SAYING …   English World dictionary

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