frondeur

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French frondeur.

Noun[edit]

frondeur (plural frondeurs)

  1. A political rebel

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From fronde (sling) +‎ -eur.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /fʁɔ̃.dœʁ/
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

frondeur m (plural frondeurs, feminine frondeuse)

  1. slinger (someone who slings or who uses a sling)
  2. (historical) member of the Fronde (civil war in France, 1648–1653)
  3. (by extension) political rebel

Adjective[edit]

frondeur (feminine frondeuse, masculine plural frondeurs, feminine plural frondeuses)

  1. politically disapproving

Further reading[edit]

Romanian[edit]

Noun[edit]

frondeur m (plural frondeuri)

  1. Obsolete form of frondor.

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  • frondeur in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN