fronteau
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French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old French fronteaus, plural of frontel, variant of frontal with a change of suffix (compare frontail as well). Cf. also Medieval Latin frontalis, Latin frontalia, frontale (“frontlet”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]fronteau m (plural fronteaux)
- frontlet
- phylactery (when worn on the forehead)
Further reading
[edit]- “fronteau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.