fronto

See also: Fronto, frontó, and fronto-

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfronto/
• Hyphenation: fron‧to

Noun

fronto (accusative singular fronton, plural frontoj, accusative plural frontojn)

1. front
2. frontage

Derived terms

• alfronti (“to confront”)
• fronta (adjective)

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Ido

Noun

fronto (plural fronti)

1. front
2. forehead

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Latin

Etymology

From frons (“forehead”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfron.toː/, [ˈfrɔn̪t̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfron.to/, [ˈfrɔn̪t̪o]

Noun

frontō m (genitive frontōnis); third declension

1. A man with broad forehead

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	frontō	frontōnēs
Genitive	frontōnis	frontōnum
Dative	frontōnī	frontōnibus
Accusative	frontōnem	frontōnēs
Ablative	frontōne	frontōnibus
Vocative	frontō	frontōnēs

Derived terms

• Frontō

Descendants

• English: fronton
• French: fronton
• Italian: frontone
• Portuguese: frontão
• Spanish: frontón

References

• “fronto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• fronto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.