frua

Esperanto

Etymology

From German früh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfrua/

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• Hyphenation: fru‧a

Adjective

frua (accusative singular fruan, plural fruaj, accusative plural fruajn)

1. early

Antonyms

• malfrua (“late”)
• tarda (“late”)

Derived terms

• fruema (“inclined to earliness”)
• frumatene (“in the early morning”)

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Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto frua.

Adjective

frua

1. early

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• fruen

Noun

frua m or f

1. definite feminine singular of frue

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

frua f

1. definite singular of frue

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Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *frawjǭ.

Noun

frūa f

1. lady

Descendants

• Middle Low German: vrûwe, vrouwe
  • German Low German: Froo
  • Plautdietsch: Fru, Frü
• → Old Norse: frú, frúa, frúva
  • Icelandic: frú
  • Faroese: frúgv, frú
  • Norwegian: fru, frue
  • Swedish: fru
  • Danish: frue, fru

References

• Köbler, Gerhard, Altsächsisches Wörterbuch, (5. Auflage) 2014
• Altsächsisches Elementarbuch by Dr. F. Holthausen

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Portuguese

Verb

frua

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