frount

Middle English

Alternative forms

• frunt, front, frownt, frunte, fronte, frownte, frounte, ffrount, ffront, frountte

Etymology

From Old French front, from Latin frons.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /frunt/, /fruːnt/

Noun

frount (plural frountes)

1. The front; the forward side of something:
   1. The forehead; the front of one's upper head.
   2. The head of a troop or military force.
   3. The frontispiece or front of a building.
   4. (rare) A forwards projection or point.
   5. (rare) A drape over an altar.
   6. (rare) The face; the front of one's head.
   7. (rare) The access side of a property or parcel of land.

Derived terms

• frountel
• frounter

Descendants

• English: front
  • Tok Pisin: fran
  • → Japanese: フロント (furonto)
  • → Korean: 프런트 (peureonteu)
• Scots: front

References

• “frǒunt (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-12.