frog

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[edit] English

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A frog (amphibian).

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[edit] Etymology 1

Middle English frogge, from Old English frogga, frocga, pet-form of frocca (whence English dialect frock), from Proto-Germanic *fraukô (compare Old Norse frauki), deverbative of Proto-Indo-European *preug- 'to jump' (compare Lithuanian sprūgti (“to leave, escape”), Russian прыгнуть (prýgnutĭ, “to leap”), прыгать (prýgatĭ, “to jump around”), Albanian fryj (“to blow”)).[1]

[edit] Noun

frog (plural frogs)

  1. A small hopping amphibian
  2. The part of a violin bow (or that of other similar string instruments such as the viola, cello and contrabass) located at the end held by the player, to which the horsehair is attached
  3. (Cockney rhyming slang) Road. Shorter, more common form of frog and toad
  4. The depression in the upper face of a pressed or handmade clay brick
  5. An organ on the bottom of a horse’s hoof that assists in the circulation of blood
  6. The part of a railway switch or turnout where the running-rails cross (from the resemblance to the frog in a horse’s hoof)
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Derived terms
[edit] Translations
amphibian
end of a string instrument’s bow
organ in a horse’s foot
part of a railway
[edit] References
  1. ^ J.P. Mallory & D.Q. Adams, eds, Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, s.v. "Jump" (London: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1997), 323.
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[edit] Verb

frog (third-person singular simple present frogs, present participle frogging, simple past and past participle frogged)

  1. To unravel a knitted garment
  2. To hunt or trap frogs
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[edit] Etymology 2

From frog legs, stereotypical food of the French. Compare rosbif (“English person”), from roast beef, corresponding French term for English, likewise based on stereotypical food.

[edit] Noun

frog (plural frogs)

  1. (UK, pejorative, ethnic slur) A French person
  2. (Canada, pejorative) A French-speaking person from Quebec
[edit] Antonyms
  • (French person): rosbif (of an English, by French)

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[edit] Etymology 3

Unknown. Possibly from Portuguese froco (“flock”), from Latin floccus (“flock”).

[edit] Noun

frog (plural frogs)

  1. A leather or fabric loop used to attach a sword or bayonet, or its scabbard, to a waist or shoulder belt
  2. A fastener for clothing consisting of a button that fits through a loop
[edit] Translations
A fastener for clothing consisting of a button that fits through a loop

[edit] Verb

frog (third-person singular simple present frogs, present participle frogging, simple past and past participle frogged)

  1. To ornament or fasten a coat, etc. with frogs
[edit] References

“frog” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001

[edit] Irish

[edit] Etymology

From English frog.

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: [fˠɾˠɔɡ]

[edit] Noun

frog m.

  1. frog

[edit] Declension

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative frog froganna
Vocative a fhroig a fhroganna
Genitive froig froganna
Dative frog froganna

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an frog na froganna
Genitive an fhroig na bhfroganna
Dative leis an bhfrog

don fhrog

 leis na froganna

[edit] Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
frog fhrog bhfrog
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

[edit] Volapük

[edit] Noun

frog (plural frogs)

  1. frog

[edit] Declension

declension of frog
singular plural
nominative frog frogs
genitive froga frogas
dative froge froges
accusative frogi frogis
predicative frogu frogus
vocative o frog! o frogs!
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