fronde

See also: frondé

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʁɔ̃d/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin frons, frondis (“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

fronde f (plural frondes)

1. (dated, literary) foliage
2. frond

Derived terms

• frondaison

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Latin funda (“sling, slingshot”), probably through a Vulgar Latin *fundula, and a contracted, metathesized derivative *flunda (compare Italian fionda).

Noun

fronde f (plural frondes)

1. sling, slingshot
2. (by extension) criticism, opposition

   Synonym: critique

Derived terms

• frondeur

Verb

fronde

1. inflection of fronder:
   1. first/third-person singular indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• fonder, fondre, refond

Further reading

• “fronde”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfron.de/
• Rhymes: -onde
• Hyphenation: frón‧de

Noun

fronde f

1. plural of fronda

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) frondē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of frondeō

Noun

(deprecated template usage) fronde

1. 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

• 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)

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin frons (“leafy branch”), frondem.

Noun

fronde f (plural frondes)

1. (botany) frond

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾonde/ [ˈfɾõn̪.d̪e]

Noun

fronde m (plural frondes)

1. Alternative form of fronda

Further reading

• “fronde”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014