frog
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA: /frɒɡ/ SAMPA: /frQg/
- Rhymes: -ɒɡ
- (US) IPA: /frɑɡ/, /frɔɡ/ SAMPA: /frAg/, /frOg/
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒɡ, -ɔːɡ
[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)
- A small hopping amphibian
- 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
- (Cockney rhyming slang) Road. Shorter, more common form of frog and toad
- The depression in the upper face of a pressed or handmade clay brick
- An organ on the bottom of a horse’s hoof that assists in the circulation of blood
- 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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[edit] References
- ^ J.P. Mallory & D.Q. Adams, eds, Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, s.v. "Jump" (London: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1997), 323.
[edit] See also
[edit] Verb
frog (third-person singular simple present frogs, present participle frogging, simple past and past participle frogged)
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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)
- (UK, pejorative, ethnic slur) A French person
- (Canada, pejorative) A French-speaking person from Quebec
[edit] Antonyms
- (French person): rosbif (of an English, by French)
[edit] References
- frog in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
[edit] Etymology 3
Unknown. Possibly from Portuguese froco (“flock”), from Latin floccus (“flock”).
[edit] Noun
frog (plural frogs)
- A leather or fabric loop used to attach a sword or bayonet, or its scabbard, to a waist or shoulder belt
- A fastener for clothing consisting of a button that fits through a loop
[edit] Translations
[edit] Verb
frog (third-person singular simple present frogs, present participle frogging, simple past and past participle frogged)
[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.
[edit] Declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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[edit] Mutation
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[edit] Volapük
[edit] Noun
frog (plural frogs)
- frog
[edit] Declension
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English nouns
- Cockney rhyming slang
- Marathi nouns lacking gender
- English verbs
- British English
- English pejoratives
- English ethnic slurs
- Canadian English
- English terms with unknown etymologies
- English terms derived from Portuguese
- English terms derived from Latin
- English informal demonyms
- en:Amphibians
- en:Anatomy
- en:Horses
- Irish terms derived from English
- Irish nouns
- ga:Amphibians
- Volapük nouns
- vo:Amphibians