fronda

See also: Fronda, frondă, frondą, and Frondą

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin frondem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈfɾun.də]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈfɾon.də]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈfɾon.da]

Noun

fronda f (plural frondes)

1. frond (leaf of a fern)
2. foliage

   Synonym: fullatge

Further reading

• “fronda”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: frondas, frondât

Verb

fronda

1. third-person singular past historic of fronder

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfron.da/
• Rhymes: -onda
• Hyphenation: frón‧da

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin frondem (“leafy branch”). Doublet of fronza.

Alternative forms

• fronde (archaic)

Noun

fronda f (plural fronde)

1. leafy branch

   Synonym: fronza

2. (chiefly in the plural) leaf

   Synonym: foglia

3. (collective) a plant's branches and foliage
4. (in the plural) a superfluous literary flourish

Derived terms

• frondaio
• frondame
• frondeggiare
• fronduto

Related terms

• frondente
• frondescenza
• frondifero
• frondiparo
• frondosità
• frondoso

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French fronde (“slingshot; opposition”), ultimately from Latin funda (“sling, slingshot”), probably through a contracted, metathesized diminutive form (Vulgar Latin *flunda ← *fundula).

Noun

fronda f (plural fronde)

1. movement of covert opposition

   vento di fronda ― spirit of covert opposition

   fare la fronda

   to conspire

   (literally, “to do/act as covert opposition”)

Derived terms

• frondista

Related terms

• frondeur

References

• fronda¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• fronda² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French fronde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfrɔn.da/
• Rhymes: -ɔnda
• Syllabification: fron‧da
• Homophone: Fronda

Noun

fronda f

1. (literary) revolt arising within an organization or against a state authority

   Hypernyms: bunt, rewolta

2. (literary, politics) splinter group, splinter party

Declension

Declension of fronda

	singular	plural
nominative	fronda	frondy
genitive	frondy	frond
dative	frondzie	frondom
accusative	frondę	frondy
instrumental	frondą	frondami
locative	frondzie	frondach
vocative	frondo	frondy

Derived terms

verb

• frondować impf

Related terms

noun

• Fronda

Further reading

• “fronda”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “fronda”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin frondem (“leafy branch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾonda/ [ˈfɾõn̪.d̪a]
• Rhymes: -onda
• Syllabification: fron‧da

Noun

fronda f (plural frondas)

1. (botany) frond

Alternative forms

• fronde

Related terms

• frondoso

Further reading

• “fronda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025