fronde
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See also: frondé
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Borrowed from Latin frondem (“leafage”). The dated sense is from Classical Latin, and attested since the fifteenth century; the other is from scientific Latin, due to Carolus Linnaeus, and attested since the eighteenth century.
Noun[edit]
fronde f (plural frondes)
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Ultimately from Latin funda (“sling, slingshot”), probably through a Vulgar Latin *fundula, and a contracted, metathesized derivative *flunda (compare Italian fionda).
Noun[edit]
fronde f (plural frondes)
- sling, slingshot
- (by extension) criticism, opposition
- Synonym: critique
Derived terms[edit]
Verb[edit]
fronde
- inflection of fronder:
Further reading[edit]
- “fronde”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams[edit]
Italian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
fronde f (plural frondi)
Noun[edit]
fronde f
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
frondē
Noun[edit]
fronde
- ablative singular of frōns
- Limumque tenent in fronde relictum. (Metamorphoses, 1, 347, Ovidius)
- And they hold some leftover mud in their foliage. (Metamorphoses, 1, 347, Ovid)
References[edit]
- fronde in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin frondem (“leafy branch”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: fron‧de
Noun[edit]
fronde f (plural frondes)
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
fronde m (plural frondes)
- Alternative form of fronda
Further reading[edit]
- “fronde”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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