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

Synonyms

• (criticism): critique

Derived terms

• frondeur

Verb

fronde

1. first-person singular indicative of fronder
2. third-person singular indicative of fronder
3. first-person singular subjunctive of fronder
4. third-person singular subjunctive of fronder
5. second-person singular imperative of fronder

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

• Rhymes: -onde

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

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

• Template:R:DRAE 2001