fronde

See also: frondé

French

Pronunciation

  • (French) IPA(key): /fʁɔ̃d/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin frons, frondis (leafage). The dated sense is from Classical Latin, and attested since the fifteenth century; the other is from scientific Latin, due to Carolus Linnaeus, and attested since the eighteenth century.

Noun

fronde f (plural frondes)

  1. (dated, literary) foliage
  2. frond

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Latin funda (sling, slingshot), probably through a Vulgar Latin *fundula, and a contracted, metathesized derivative *flunda (compare Italian fionda).

Noun

fronde f (plural frondes)

  1. sling, slingshot
  2. (by extension) criticism, opposition

Synonyms

Derived terms

Verb

fronde

  1. first-person singular indicative of fronder
  2. third-person singular indicative of fronder
  3. first-person singular subjunctive of fronder
  4. third-person singular subjunctive of fronder
  5. second-person singular imperative of fronder

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Further reading


Italian

Noun

fronde f

  1. plural of fronda

Latin

Verb

frondē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of frondeō

Noun

fronde

  1. ablative singular of frons

References


Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin frons (leafy branch), frondem.

Noun

fronde f (plural frondes)

  1. (botany) frond

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɾonde/, [ˈfɾõn̪d̪e]

Noun

fronde m (plural frondes)

  1. Alternative form of fronda

Further reading

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