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• /ˈfɹeɪ̯m/
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From Middle English frame (“profit, benefit, advantage; a structure composed according to a plan”), from the verb (above) and also from Old Norse frami (“advantage, fame, bravery, efficiency, privilege, honor”); and frame (“a framework or structure of any kind”) which is of uncertain origin. The latter is usually regarded as a derivative of former; however, compare the rare Anglo-Norman and Old French frame, fraine (“frame, framework”), itself of uncertain origin, which might be a borrowing from the English, from the Norse, or even possibly ultimately from Frankish *hramu (“frame”) related to Dutch raam (“window frame”).

From Middle English framen, fremen, fremmen (“to construct, build, strengthen, refresh, perform, execute, profit, avail”), from Old English framian, fremian, fremman (“to profit, avail, advance”), from Proto-West Germanic *frammjan, from Proto-Germanic *framjaną (“to further, promote, perform”), from Proto-Indo-European *promo- (“front, forward”). Cognate with Low German framen (“to commit, effect”), Danish fremme (“to promote, further, perform”), Swedish främja (“to promote, encourage, foster”), Icelandic fremja (“to commit”). More at from.

345 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: raamwerk — structural elements of a building or other constructed object
• Armenian: շրջանակ (šrǰanak) — structural elements of a building or other constructed object
• Azerbaijani: çərçivə — structural elements of a building or other constructed object
• Catalan: estructura — structural elements of a building or other constructed object
• Chinese Mandarin: 骨架 (gǔjià) — structural elements of a building or other constructed object
• Chinese Mandarin: 架 (jià) — structural elements of a building or other constructed object
• Dutch: raamwerk — structural elements of a building or other constructed object
• Dutch: frame — structural elements of a building or other constructed object
• Esperanto: karoserio — structural elements of a building or other constructed object
• Esperanto: framo — structural elements of a building or other constructed object
• Finnish: runko — structural elements of a building or other constructed object
• French: cadre — structural elements of a building or other constructed object
• French: armature — structural elements of a building or other constructed object
• French: ossature — structural elements of a building or other constructed object
• Georgian: კარკასი (ḳarḳasi) — structural elements of a building or other constructed object
• Georgian: ფერმა (perma) — structural elements of a building or other constructed object
• Georgian: ჩარჩო (čarčo) — structural elements of a building or other constructed object
• German: Gerüst — structural elements of a building or other constructed object
• German: Rahmen — structural elements of a building or other constructed object
• Greek: σκελετός (skeletós) — structural elements of a building or other constructed object
• Hungarian: váz — structural elements of a building or other constructed object
• Hungarian: tartószerkezet — structural elements of a building or other constructed object
• Hungarian: keret — structural elements of a building or other constructed object
• Italian: impalcatura — structural elements of a building or other constructed object
• Italian: incastellatura — structural elements of a building or other constructed object
• Italian: armatura — structural elements of a building or other constructed object
• Italian: telaio — structural elements of a building or other constructed object
• Japanese: 枠 (waku) — structural elements of a building or other constructed object
• Khmer: គ្រោង (kroong) — structural elements of a building or other constructed object
• Korean: 틀 (teul) — structural elements of a building or other constructed object
• Korean: 테 (te) — structural elements of a building or other constructed object
• Central Kurdish: چوارچێوە (çiwarçêwe) — structural elements of a building or other constructed object
• Northern Kurdish: milbend — structural elements of a building or other constructed object
• Northern Kurdish: çarçev — structural elements of a building or other constructed object
• Lithuanian: karkasas — structural elements of a building or other constructed object
• Macedonian: ра́мка (rámka) — structural elements of a building or other constructed object
• Māori: kauwhata — structural elements of a building or other constructed object
• Māori: tīrewa — structural elements of a building or other constructed object
• Mongolian: хүрээ (xüree) — structural elements of a building or other constructed object
• Mongolian: жааз (žaaz) — structural elements of a building or other constructed object
• Nanai: бэрэн (beren) — structural elements of a building or other constructed object
• Norwegian: bjelkelag — structural elements of a building or other constructed object
• Norwegian: rammeverk — structural elements of a building or other constructed object
• Norwegian: armatur — structural elements of a building or other constructed object
• Plautdietsch: Steilozh — structural elements of a building or other constructed object
• Portuguese: estrutura — structural elements of a building or other constructed object
• Portuguese: armação — structural elements of a building or other constructed object
• Romanian: cadru — structural elements of a building or other constructed object
• Romanian: ramă — structural elements of a building or other constructed object
• Romanian: chenar — structural elements of a building or other constructed object
• Russian: карка́с (karkás) — structural elements of a building or other constructed object
• Russian: о́стов (óstov) — structural elements of a building or other constructed object
• Russian: ра́ма (ráma) — structural elements of a building or other constructed object
• Russian: фе́рма (férma) — structural elements of a building or other constructed object
• Spanish: estructura — structural elements of a building or other constructed object
• Spanish: armazón — structural elements of a building or other constructed object
• Spanish: bastidor — structural elements of a building or other constructed object
• Spanish: trasto — structural elements of a building or other constructed object
• Swahili: fremu — structural elements of a building or other constructed object
• Swedish: stomme — structural elements of a building or other constructed object
• Swedish: bjälklag — structural elements of a building or other constructed object
• Tagalog: bastagan — structural elements of a building or other constructed object
• Thai: กรอบ (grɔ̀ɔp) — structural elements of a building or other constructed object
• Turkish: iskelet — structural elements of a building or other constructed object
• Ukrainian: карка́с (karkás) — structural elements of a building or other constructed object
• Ukrainian: о́стов (óstov) — structural elements of a building or other constructed object
• Ukrainian: ра́ма (ráma) — structural elements of a building or other constructed object
• Welsh: ffrâm — structural elements of a building or other constructed object
• Afrikaans: geraamte — structure of a person's body
• Belarusian: шкіле́т (škiljét) — structure of a person's body
• Belarusian: касця́к (kascják) — structure of a person's body
• Belarusian: склад (sklad) — structure of a person's body
• Belarusian: целаскла́д (cjelasklád) — structure of a person's body
• Bulgarian: телосложение (telosloženie) — structure of a person's body
• Catalan: constitució — structure of a person's body
• Chinese Mandarin: 體格 /体格 (tǐgé) — structure of a person's body
• Dutch: skelet — structure of a person's body
• Dutch: geraamte — structure of a person's body
• Esperanto: korpframo — structure of a person's body
• Finnish: keho — structure of a person's body
• Finnish: runko — structure of a person's body
• Finnish: varsi — structure of a person's body
• Finnish: ruumiinrakenne — structure of a person's body
• French: ossature — structure of a person's body
• French: carrure — structure of a person's body
• German: Gestalt — structure of a person's body
• German: Figur — structure of a person's body
• German: Gerigel — structure of a person's body
• Greek: σκελετός (skeletós) — structure of a person's body
• Hindi: ढाँचा (ḍhā̃cā) — structure of a person's body
• Hindi: कलबूत (kalbūt) — structure of a person's body
• Hindi: कलेवर (kalevar) — structure of a person's body
• Hindi: पंजर (pañjar) — structure of a person's body
• Hindi: अंजर-पंजर (añjar-pañjar) — structure of a person's body
• Hungarian: alkat — structure of a person's body
• Hungarian: testalkat — structure of a person's body
• Italian: scheletro — structure of a person's body
• Italian: ossatura — structure of a person's body
• Macedonian: гра́дба (grádba) — structure of a person's body
• Norwegian: beingrind — structure of a person's body
• Portuguese: ossatura — structure of a person's body
• Romanian: schelet — structure of a person's body
• Romanian: osatură — structure of a person's body
• Russian: скеле́т (skelét) — structure of a person's body
• Russian: костя́к (kostják) — structure of a person's body
• Russian: телосложе́ние (telosložénije) — structure of a person's body
• Serbo-Croatian: грађа — structure of a person's body
• Serbo-Croatian: građa — structure of a person's body
• Spanish: esqueleto — structure of a person's body
• Spanish: osamenta — structure of a person's body
• Swahili: fremu — structure of a person's body
• Swedish: kroppsbyggnad — structure of a person's body
• Turkish: iskelet — structure of a person's body
• Ukrainian: скеле́т (skelét) — structure of a person's body
• Ukrainian: кістя́к (kistják) — structure of a person's body
• Ukrainian: стату́ра (statúra) — structure of a person's body
• Ukrainian: склад (sklad) — structure of a person's body
• Afrikaans: raam — rigid, generally rectangular mounting
• Armenian: շրջանակ (šrǰanak) — rigid, generally rectangular mounting
• Belarusian: ра́ма (ráma) — rigid, generally rectangular mounting
• Belarusian: ра́мка (rámka) — rigid, generally rectangular mounting
• Bulgarian: рамка (ramka) — rigid, generally rectangular mounting
• Catalan: marc — rigid, generally rectangular mounting
• Chinese Mandarin: 框 (kuàng, kuāng) — rigid, generally rectangular mounting
• Czech: rám — rigid, generally rectangular mounting
• Esperanto: kadro — rigid, generally rectangular mounting
• Finnish: kehys — rigid, generally rectangular mounting
• French: cadre — rigid, generally rectangular mounting
• Georgian: ჩარჩო (čarčo) — rigid, generally rectangular mounting
• German: Rahmen — rigid, generally rectangular mounting
• Greek: κορνίζα (korníza) — rigid, generally rectangular mounting
• Greek: κάδρο (kádro) — rigid, generally rectangular mounting
• Hungarian: keret — rigid, generally rectangular mounting
• Ido: kadro — rigid, generally rectangular mounting
• Ingrian: raami — rigid, generally rectangular mounting
• Italian: intelaiatura — rigid, generally rectangular mounting
• Italian: telaio — rigid, generally rectangular mounting
• Italian: cornice — rigid, generally rectangular mounting
• Khmer: ស៊ុម (sum) — rigid, generally rectangular mounting
• Lithuanian: rėmai — rigid, generally rectangular mounting
• Macedonian: ра́мка (rámka) — rigid, generally rectangular mounting
• Māori: tāparepare — rigid, generally rectangular mounting
• Māori: taitapa — rigid, generally rectangular mounting
• Norwegian: ramme — rigid, generally rectangular mounting
• Polish: rama — rigid, generally rectangular mounting
• Portuguese: moldura — rigid, generally rectangular mounting
• Romanian: ramă — rigid, generally rectangular mounting
• Russian: ра́ма (ráma) — rigid, generally rectangular mounting
• Russian: ра́мка (rámka) — rigid, generally rectangular mounting
• Serbo-Croatian: оквир — rigid, generally rectangular mounting
• Serbo-Croatian: рам — rigid, generally rectangular mounting
• Serbo-Croatian: okvir — rigid, generally rectangular mounting
• Serbo-Croatian: ram — rigid, generally rectangular mounting
• Slovak: rám — rigid, generally rectangular mounting
• Slovene: okvir — rigid, generally rectangular mounting
• Spanish: marco — rigid, generally rectangular mounting
• Swahili: fremu — rigid, generally rectangular mounting
• Swedish: ram — rigid, generally rectangular mounting
• Thai: กรอบ (grɔ̀ɔp) — rigid, generally rectangular mounting
• Turkish: çerçeve — rigid, generally rectangular mounting
• Ottoman Turkish: چرچوه (çerçeve) — rigid, generally rectangular mounting
• Ukrainian: ра́ма (ráma) — rigid, generally rectangular mounting
• Ukrainian: ра́мка (rámka) — rigid, generally rectangular mounting
• Venetan: soàza — rigid, generally rectangular mounting
• Vietnamese: khung — rigid, generally rectangular mounting
• Welsh: ffrâm — rigid, generally rectangular mounting
• Afrikaans: raampie — piece of photographic film containing an image
• Arabic: لَقْطَة (laqṭa) — piece of photographic film containing an image
• Belarusian: кадр (kadr) — piece of photographic film containing an image
• Belarusian: ка́дар (kádar) — piece of photographic film containing an image
• Bulgarian: кадър (kadǎr) — piece of photographic film containing an image
• Catalan: marc — piece of photographic film containing an image
• Chinese Mandarin: 幀 /帧 (zhēn, zhèng) — piece of photographic film containing an image
• Chinese Mandarin: 鏡頭 /镜头 (jìngtóu) — piece of photographic film containing an image
• Finnish: kuva — piece of photographic film containing an image
• Finnish: ruutu — piece of photographic film containing an image
• Finnish: kuvaruutu — piece of photographic film containing an image
• French: image — piece of photographic film containing an image
• Georgian: კადრი (ḳadri) — piece of photographic film containing an image
• German: Bild — piece of photographic film containing an image
• Hungarian: képkocka — piece of photographic film containing an image
• Hungarian: filmkocka — piece of photographic film containing an image
• Italian: fotogramma — piece of photographic film containing an image
• Italian: inquadratura — piece of photographic film containing an image
• Japanese: 齣 — piece of photographic film containing an image
• Lithuanian: kadras — piece of photographic film containing an image
• Macedonian: ка́дар (kádar) — piece of photographic film containing an image
• Māori: kapohanga — piece of photographic film containing an image
• Norwegian: frame — piece of photographic film containing an image
• Norwegian: ramme — piece of photographic film containing an image
• Polish: klatka — piece of photographic film containing an image
• Polish: ramka — piece of photographic film containing an image
• Polish: kadr — piece of photographic film containing an image
• Portuguese: quadro — piece of photographic film containing an image
• Romanian: cadru — piece of photographic film containing an image
• Russian: кадр (kadr) — piece of photographic film containing an image
• Spanish: fotograma — piece of photographic film containing an image
• Spanish: cuadro — piece of photographic film containing an image
• Swedish: bildruta — piece of photographic film containing an image
• Turkish: çerçeve — piece of photographic film containing an image
• Ukrainian: кадр (kadr) — piece of photographic film containing an image
• Welsh: ffrâm — piece of photographic film containing an image
• Dutch: frame — complete game of snooker
• Finnish: erä — complete game of snooker
• Finnish: freimi — complete game of snooker
• French: manche — complete game of snooker
• French: frame — complete game of snooker
• Welsh: ffrâm — complete game of snooker
• Belarusian: фрэйм (frejm) — chunk of data
• Finnish: kehys — chunk of data
• French: trame — chunk of data
• German: Frame — chunk of data
• German: Rahmen — chunk of data
• Greek: πλαίσιο (plaísio) — chunk of data
• Japanese: フレーム (furēmu) — chunk of data
• Korean: 프레임 (peureim) — chunk of data
• Polish: ramka — chunk of data
• Portuguese: frame — chunk of data
• Russian: фрейм (frɛjm) — chunk of data
• Serbo-Croatian: оквир — chunk of data
• Serbo-Croatian: okvir — chunk of data
• Spanish: lote — chunk of data
• Swedish: ram — chunk of data
• Ukrainian: фрейм (frejm) — chunk of data
• Finnish: kuvaruutu — division of a second
• Finnish: kuva — division of a second
• French: image — division of a second
• Georgian: კადრი (ḳadri) — division of a second
• Italian: fotogramma — division of a second
• Japanese: 齣 — division of a second
• Portuguese: quadro — division of a second
• Romanian: cadru — division of a second
• Romanian: frame — division of a second
• Russian: кадр (kadr) — division of a second
• Spanish: cuadro — division of a second
• Bulgarian: строя (stroja) — put together the structural elements
• Bulgarian: съставям (sǎstavjam) — put together the structural elements
• Catalan: encaixar — put together the structural elements
• Catalan: armar — put together the structural elements
• Finnish: koolata — put together the structural elements
• Finnish: koota — put together the structural elements
• German: ausarbeiten — put together the structural elements
• German: entwerfen — put together the structural elements
• Greek: σχηματίζω (schimatízo) — put together the structural elements
• Macedonian: со́стави (sóstavi) — put together the structural elements
• Portuguese: montar — put together the structural elements
• Portuguese: armar — put together the structural elements
• Russian: формирова́ть (formirovátʹ) — put together the structural elements
• Russian: составля́ть (sostavljátʹ) — put together the structural elements
• Spanish: levantar la estructura — put together the structural elements
• Spanish: armar — put together the structural elements
• Albanian: kornizë — add a decorative border to a picture
• Arabic: أَطَّرَ (ʔaṭṭara) — add a decorative border to a picture
• Bulgarian: рамкирам (ramkiram) — add a decorative border to a picture
• Catalan: emmarcar — add a decorative border to a picture
• Dutch: inkaderen — add a decorative border to a picture
• Estonian: raam — add a decorative border to a picture
• Finnish: kehystää — add a decorative border to a picture
• French: encadrer — add a decorative border to a picture
• German: einfassen — add a decorative border to a picture
• German: einrahmen — add a decorative border to a picture
• Greek: κορνιζάρω (kornizáro) — add a decorative border to a picture
• Greek: καδράρω (kadráro) — add a decorative border to a picture
• Hebrew: מִסְגֵּר (misgér) — add a decorative border to a picture
• Hungarian: bekeretez — add a decorative border to a picture
• Ido: enkadrigar — add a decorative border to a picture
• Irish: cuir i bhfráma — add a decorative border to a picture
• Italian: incorniciare — add a decorative border to a picture
• Macedonian: вра́ми (vrámi) — add a decorative border to a picture
• Māori: tāparepare — add a decorative border to a picture
• Norwegian: innramme — add a decorative border to a picture
• Occitan: enquadrar — add a decorative border to a picture
• Polish: oprawiać — add a decorative border to a picture
• Portuguese: emoldurar — add a decorative border to a picture
• Portuguese: enquadrar — add a decorative border to a picture
• Romanian: încadra — add a decorative border to a picture
• Romanian: înrăma — add a decorative border to a picture
• Russian: обрамля́ть (obramljátʹ) — add a decorative border to a picture
• Russian: обставля́ть (obstavljátʹ) — add a decorative border to a picture
• Serbo-Croatian: уоквирити — add a decorative border to a picture
• Serbo-Croatian: uokviriti — add a decorative border to a picture
• Slovak: zarámovať — add a decorative border to a picture
• Spanish: enmarcar — add a decorative border to a picture
• Spanish: encuadrar — add a decorative border to a picture
• Swedish: rama — add a decorative border to a picture
• Swedish: rama in — add a decorative border to a picture
• Turkish: çerçevelemek — add a decorative border to a picture
• Ottoman Turkish: چرچوهلمك (çerçevelemek) — add a decorative border to a picture
• Welsh: fframio — add a decorative border to a picture
• Finnish: rajata — position visually within a fixed boundary
• Finnish: sommitella — position visually within a fixed boundary
• French: encadrer — position visually within a fixed boundary
• German: rahmen — position visually within a fixed boundary
• German: festlegen — position visually within a fixed boundary
• Greek: καδράρω (kadráro) — position visually within a fixed boundary
• Ido: enkadrigar — position visually within a fixed boundary
• Polish: komponować — position visually within a fixed boundary
• Romanian: încadra — position visually within a fixed boundary
• Spanish: concebir — position visually within a fixed boundary
• Spanish: contextualizar — position visually within a fixed boundary
• Swedish: komponera — position visually within a fixed boundary
• Catalan: enquadrar — establish a context in words
• Catalan: emmarcar — establish a context in words
• Catalan: contextualitzar — establish a context in words
• Finnish: muotoilla — establish a context in words
• Dutch: framen — establish a context in words
• German: festlegen — establish a context in words
• German: formen — establish a context in words
• German: formulieren — establish a context in words
• Greek: πλαισιώνω (plaisióno) — establish a context in words
• Spanish: encuadrar — establish a context in words
• Spanish: contextualizar — establish a context in words
• Swedish: utforma — establish a context in words
• Arabic: وَرَّطَ (warraṭa) — cause a person to appear guilty
• Chinese Mandarin: 誣陷 /诬陷 (wūxiàn) — cause a person to appear guilty
• Dutch: framen — cause a person to appear guilty
• Finnish: lavastaa — cause a person to appear guilty
• German: hereinlegen — cause a person to appear guilty
• German: jemandem etwas anhängen — cause a person to appear guilty
• German: reinlegen — cause a person to appear guilty
• Greek: ραδιουργώ (radiourgó) — cause a person to appear guilty
• Hungarian: nyakába varr — cause a person to appear guilty
• Hungarian: ráken — cause a person to appear guilty
• Hungarian: hamisan megvádol/meggyanúsít — cause a person to appear guilty
• Italian: incastrare — cause a person to appear guilty
• Japanese: 陥れる (otoshiireru) — cause a person to appear guilty
• Japanese: 着せる (kiseru) — cause a person to appear guilty
• Macedonian: ме́сти (mésti) — cause a person to appear guilty
• Persian: پاپوش درست کردن (pâpuš dorost kardan) — cause a person to appear guilty
• Persian: پاپوش دوختن (pâpuš duxtan) — cause a person to appear guilty
• Polish: wrabiać — cause a person to appear guilty
• Portuguese: incriminar — cause a person to appear guilty
• Romanian: înscena — cause a person to appear guilty
• Russian: подставля́ть (podstavljátʹ) — cause a person to appear guilty
• Russian: подста́вить (podstávitʹ) — cause a person to appear guilty
• Russian: оболгать (obolgatʹ) — cause a person to appear guilty
• Serbo-Croatian: сместити — cause a person to appear guilty
• Serbo-Croatian: smestiti — cause a person to appear guilty
• Spanish: inculpar falsamente — cause a person to appear guilty
• Spanish: incriminar falsamente — cause a person to appear guilty
• Spanish: hacer la cama — cause a person to appear guilty
• Spanish: achacar — cause a person to appear guilty
• Swedish: sätta dit — cause a person to appear guilty
• Vietnamese: vu oan — cause a person to appear guilty
• Vietnamese: vu hãm — cause a person to appear guilty