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fronton

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English

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Noun

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fronton (plural frontons)

  1. (architecture) A pediment.
    2024 October 15, Benoît Rouzaud, “« C’est vraiment étrange. Peut-être un tordu... » A Pau, plusieurs lettres U ont été volées sur des enseignes de boutiques”, in La Rép des Pyrénnées[1]:
    Depuis quelques années, des commerçants constatent le vol des lettres « U » sur le fronton de leur boutique.
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  2. A two-walled or single-walled court used as a playing area for Basque pelota.

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fronton n (plural frontons, diminutive frontonnetje n)

  1. (architecture) pediment

Esperanto

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Noun

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fronton

  1. accusative singular of fronto

French

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fronton m (plural frontons)

  1. fronton
  2. (architecture) pediment

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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front +‎ -on

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈfronton]
  • Hyphenation: fron‧ton

Noun

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fronton

  1. superessive singular of front

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl
fronton

Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian frontone.

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Noun

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fronton m inan (diminutive frontonik)

  1. (architecture) fronton, pediment
    Synonym: przyczółek
  2. (literary) facade

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Further reading

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  • fronton in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • fronton in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French fronton.

Noun

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fronton n (plural frontoane)

  1. pediment

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative fronton frontonul frontoane frontoanele
genitive-dative fronton frontonului frontoane frontoanelor
vocative frontonule frontoanelor

Swedish

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Etymology

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From French fronton.

Noun

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fronton c

  1. (architecture) a pediment

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