Meaning of ramsa | Babel Free

Definitioner

1. a set string of words or syllables (often more or less ritualistic in nature); a rhyme, a formula, an incantation, etc.
   common-gender
2. a nursery rhyme (when not a song)
   common-gender
3. a chant (in support of a competitor at a sports event)
   common-gender
4. an utterance reminiscent of the above (through being more or less set, meaningless, rhyme-like, or the like)
   common-gender, figuratively

Exempel

“en magisk ramsa”

a magical rhyme (for example)

“en ramsa för att komma ihåg planeternas ordning”

a rhyme to remember the order of the planets

“en näverbit, på vilken han skrivit upp ramsan, som han måste läsa innan han lade pengen i källan”

a piece of birch bark, on which he had written the formula, that he must read before he put the coin in the well

“den gamla vanliga ramsan om hur orättvist det är att han inte alltid får göra precis som han vill”

the old refrain about how unfair it is that he doesn't always get to do exactly what he wants

“svära en ramsa”

utter a string of curses

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