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Meaning of Refrain | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard

ɹɪˈfɹeɪn

Definitions

The chorus or burden of a song repeated at the end of each verse or stanza.
A much repeated comment, complaint, or saying.
broadly

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العربية إمتنع امتنع قرار لازمة

Azərbaycanca nəqərat

Български припев

Bosanski pripev pripjev refren припев припјев рефрен

Català tornada

Čeština refrén upustit vyhnout se vyvarovat se zdržet se

Dansk refræn

Deutsch absehen Abstand nehmen Kehrreim Refrain sich enthalten sich zurückhalten Unterlassen Verzichten

Ελληνικά επωδός ρεφρέν

Español abstenerse de comedirse contener enfrenarse de estribillo refrenarse de retenerse

Eesti refrään

Suomi kertauma kertosäe kertsi loppukerto pidättäytyä refrengi

Français refrain s'abstenir se retenir

Gàidhlig sèist

Galego trebello

עברית פזמון

Hrvatski pripev pripjev refren припев припјев рефрен

Magyar refrén

Հայերեն կրկներգ

Íslenska stef

Italiano contenersi frenarsi refrain ritornello

日本語リフレーン繰り返し句

ქართული რეფრენი

Қазақша қайырма

ខ្មែរ ឆា

한국어 리프레인 후렴

Kurdî قرار

Македонски рефрен

Nederlands refrein zich niet inlaten met

Polski powstrzymać się powstrzymywać się refren

Português abster-se refrão

Română refren

Русский припев рефре́н

Shqip refren

Српски pripev pripjev refren припев припјев рефрен

Svenska refräng

ไทย สร้อย เวรมณี

Tagalog pabini pabinian

Türkçe nakarat

Українська при́спів рефрен

Tiếng Việt điệp khúc

Examples

“For perhaps as much as thirty seconds they kept it up. It was a refrain that was often heard in moments of overwhelming emotion. Partly it was a sort of hymn to the wisdom and majesty of Big Brother, but still more it was an act of self-hypnosis, a deliberate drowning of consciousness by means of rhythmic noise.”

CEFR level

Mastery
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