frog

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.3.3 See also 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Derived terms 1.4.2 References 2 Irish 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Declension 2.2.2 Mutation

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Old English frogga, frocga, diminutive of frox, frosc.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /fɹɒɡ/ SAMPA: /frQg/
• (US) IPA: /fɹɑɡ/, /fɹɔɡ/ SAMPA: /frAg/, /frOg/
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• Rhymes: -ɒɡ
• Rhymes: -ɔːɡ

[edit] Noun

frog (plural frogs)

1. A small hopping amphibian.
2. A fastener for clothing consisting of a button that fits through a loop.
3. 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.
4. (Cockney rhyming slang) Road. Shorter, more common form of frog and toad.
5. (British, pejorative, racial slur) A French person.
6. (Canadian, pejorative) A French-speaking person from Quebec.
7. The depression in the upper face of a pressed or handmade clay brick.
8. An organ on the bottom of a horse’s hoof that assists in the circulation of blood.
9. (rail transport) The part of a railway switch or turnout where the tracks cross (from the resemblance to the frog in a horse’s hoof).
10. A leather or fabric loop used to attach a sword or bayonet, or its scabbard, to a waist or shoulder belt.

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

• amphibian
• paddock
• tadpole
• toad

[edit] Verb

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

1. To unravel a knitted garment.
2. To ornament or fasten a coat, etc. with frogs.
3. To hunt or trap frogs.

[edit] Derived terms

• frog stitch

[edit] References

• frog in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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[edit] Irish

[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.