frog

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See also: Frog and frög

English[edit]

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A frog (amphibian).

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Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English frogge, from Old English frogga, frocga (“frog”), from Proto-Germanic *fruþgô (“frog”), a pet-form of Proto-Germanic *fruþ-, *frauþaz (“frog”), deverbative of Proto-Indo-European *prew- (“to jump, hop”). Cognate with Old Norse frauki (“frog”), Sanskrit प्लवक (plavaka, “frog”), Lithuanian sprūgti (“to leave, escape”), Russian пры́гнуть (prýgnutʹ, “to leap”), пры́гать (prýgatʹ, “to jump around”), Albanian fryj (“to blow”)).[1] See also frosh, frosk.

Noun[edit]

The frog of a violin bow is labeled in this diagram.
the frog of a horse's hoof (dark triangular portion of bottom of hoof)
some frog designs ("part of railroad switch")

frog (plural frogs)

  1. A small tailless amphibian of the order Anura that typically hops.
  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. The depression in the upper face of a pressed or handmade clay brick.
  6. An organ on the bottom of a horse’s hoof that assists in the circulation of blood.
  7. (rail transport) 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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  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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Verb[edit]

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

  1. To hunt or trap frogs.
  2. (transitive, biology) To use a pronged plater to transfer (cells) to another plate.
  3. (transitive, cooking) To spatchcock (a chicken).
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Etymology 2[edit]

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.

Noun[edit]

frog (plural frogs)

  1. (offensive) A French person.
    Synonym: baguette
  2. (Canada, offensive) A French-speaking person from Quebec.
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  • (French person): rosbif (of an English, by French)

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Etymology 3[edit]

A frog (toggle)

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

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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. An ornate fastener for clothing consisting of an oblong button (covered with netted thread), toggle, or knot, that fits through a loop.
    • 1844, Alexander Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo:
      The visitor was about fifty-two years of age, dressed in one of the green surtouts, ornamented with black frogs, which have so long maintained their popularity all over Europe.
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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.

Etymology 4[edit]

Supposedly from ribbit (“sound made by a frog”) sounding similar to "rip it".

Verb[edit]

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

  1. (transitive) To unravel (a knitted garment).
References[edit]

“frog” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.

Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English frog.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

frog m, f (genitive singular froig, nominative plural froganna)

  1. frog (amphibian; organ in a horse’s foot)

Declension[edit]

Declension of frog

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

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Mutation[edit]

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.

Further reading[edit]

  • "frog" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • Entries containing “frog” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “frog” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Volapük[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

frog (plural frogs)

  1. frog (amphibian)

Declension[edit]

declension of frog
singular plural
nominative frog frogs
genitive froga frogas
dative froge froges
accusative frogi frogis
vocative 1 o frog! o frogs!
predicative 2 frogu frogus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in some later, non-classical Volapük only

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