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frangia

fringe

noun FRAN-jah Rare

Origin: From Latin fimbria (fringe, border).

Also means

fringe group; bangs

Usage Note

Frangia covers several senses: the decorative fringe on a curtain or garment, a fringe hairstyle (bangs), and figuratively a fringe group or marginal faction (la frangia estremista = the extremist fringe). The plural is frange. In the hairstyle sense, avere la frangia means to have a fringe (bangs in American English).

Examples

"Si è tagliata la frangia da sola."

Natural Translation

She cut her own fringe.

Literal Translation

Herself she-has cut the fringe alone.

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