frog
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English frogge, from Old English frogga, frocga (“frog”), from Proto-Germanic *fruþgô (“frog”).
Alternative forms[edit]
- frock (dialectal)
Noun[edit]
frog (plural frogs)
- A small tailless amphibian of the order Anura that typically hops.
- 2008, Lich King, "Black Metal Sucks", Toxic Zombie Onslaught:
- Awesome leather armbands with spikes like two feet long / Hair is parted down the middle, frowning like a frog
- 2008, Lich King, "Black Metal Sucks", Toxic Zombie Onslaught:
- (music) 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.
- (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).
- Synonym: common crossing
Derived terms[edit]
- a frog in one's throat
- Australian ground frogs (Myobatrachidae spp.)
- boiling frog
- brown frogs (Rana spp.)
- bullfrog
- bush frog (Hyperoliidae)
- carpenter frog (Lithobates virgatipes)
- Cascades frog (Rana cascadae)
- chirping frogs (Eleutherodactylus)
- chorus frogs (Pseudacris)
- clawed frogs (Xenopus spp.)
- common frog (Rana temporaria)
- coqui frog (Eleutherodactylus coqui)
- crawfish frog (Lithobates areolatus)
- cricket frog (Acris)
- Darwin's frog (Rhinoderma darwinii)
- disc-tongued frog (Alytidae)
- edible frog
- European common brown frog (Rana temporaria)
- European common frog (Rana temporaria)
- fine as frog hair, finer than frog hair
- Frog
- frog belly
- frogbit
- frog chorus
- frogeater, frog eater
- frogeye
- frogeyed
- frog face
- frogfish
- frogged
- froggery
- frogging
- froggish
- Froggy
- froggy
- froghopper (Cercopoidea)
- frog kick
- frog kingdom
- frog legs
- froglike
- frog lily (Nuphar or Potamogeton)
- frogly
- frogman
- frogmarch, frog-march
- frogmouth (Podargidae)
- frog orchid (Coeloglossum viride)
- frogpond, frog pond
- frog pose
- frog's-bit
- frog's legs
- frogspawn, frog spawn
- frog spit
- frog spittle
- frog sticker
- frogstool
- frog-walk
- ghost frog (Heleophrynidae)
- glass frog (Centrolenidae)
- gopher frog (Lithobates capito)
- green frog (Lithobates clamitans)
- greenhouse frog (Eleutherodactylus planirostris)
- have a frog in one's throat
- ice frog (Amietia vertebralis)
- leapfrogged, leap-frogged
- leapfrogging
- leapfrog, leap-frog
- leapfrog test, leap-frog test, leap frog test
- leopard frogs (Lithobates spp.)
- litter frog (Megophryidae)
- male frog test
- marsh frog (Pelophylax ridibundus)
- marsupial frog (Amphignathodontidae)
- mink frog (Lithobates septentrionalis)
- moss frog (Rhacophoridae)
- narrow-mouthed frogs (Microhylidae)
- painted frog (Alytidae)
- parsley frog (Pelodytidae)
- pickerel frog (Lithobates palustris)
- pig frog (Lithobates grylio)
- poison dart frogs (Dendrobates spp.)
- pool frog (Pelophylax lessonae)
- rain frog (Eleutherodactylus spp.)
- red-legged frogs (Rana spp.)
- river frog (Lithobates heckscheri)
- robber frog (Craugastor raniformis)
- screeching frogs (Arthroleptidae)
- sedge frog (Hyperoliidae)
- Seychelles frog (Sooglossus sechellensis)
- sheep frogs (Hypopachus)
- shovelnose frog (Hemisus)
- tailed frog (Ascaphus spp.)
- Tarahumara frog (Lithobates tarahumarae)
- tongueless frogs (Pipidae spp.)
- tree frog
- treefrog (Hyla spp.)
- tropical frog (Micrixalus spp.)
- true frogs (Ranidae spp.)
- Tukeit Hill frog (Allophryne ruthveni)
- water frog (Pelophylax, Telmatobius)
- wood frog (Lithobates sylvaticus)
- wrinkled frogs (Glandirana spp.)
- yellow-legged frogs (Rana spp.)
Descendants[edit]
Translations[edit]
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See also[edit]
Verb[edit]
frog (third-person singular simple present frogs, present participle frogging, simple past and past participle frogged)
- To hunt or trap frogs.
- (transitive, biology) To use a pronged plater to transfer (cells) to another plate.
- (transitive, cooking) To spatchcock (a chicken).
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From frog legs, stereotypical food of the French. Compare French rosbif (“English person”), from roast beef, corresponding term for English, likewise based on stereotypical food; and Kraut for Germans.
Noun[edit]
frog (plural frogs)
- (offensive) A French person.
- Synonyms: baguette, cheese-eating surrender monkey
- (Canada, offensive) A French-speaking person from Quebec.
Alternative forms[edit]
Translations[edit]
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Further reading[edit]
- frog in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Etymology 3[edit]
Unknown. Possibly borrowed from Portuguese froco (“flock”), from Latin floccus (“flock”).
Noun[edit]
frog (plural frogs)
- A leather or fabric loop used to attach a sword or bayonet, or its scabbard, to a waist or shoulder belt.
- 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.
Translations[edit]
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Verb[edit]
frog (third-person singular simple present frogs, present participle frogging, simple past and past participle frogged)
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)
- (transitive) To unravel part of (a knitted garment) while knitting it in order to correct a mistake.
Further reading[edit]
frog on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
frog on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- “frog” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2021.
Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
frog m or f (genitive singular froig, nominative plural froganna)
- frog (amphibian; organ in a horse’s foot)
Declension[edit]
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms[edit]
- frogaire (“frogman”)
- frog crainn (“tree frog”)
- frog Góiliat (“Goliath frog”)
- frog nimhe (“poison dart frog”)
- glóthach fhroig, sceathrach fhroig, sceith fhroig (“frog-spawn”)
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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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 (nominative plural frogs)
Declension[edit]
See also[edit]
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *prew-
- English terms inherited from Middle English
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- English ethnic slurs
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- en:Amphibians
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- ga:Amphibians
- ga:Horses
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- vo:Amphibians
- vo:Animals