frog

English

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A frog (amphibian).

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle English frogge, from Old English frogga, frocga (“frog”), from Proto-Germanic *fruþgô (“frog”), a pet-form of Proto-Germanic *fruþ-, *frauþaz (“frog”), deverbative of Proto-Indo-European *prew- (“to jump, hop”). Cognate with Old Norse frauki (“frog”), Sanskrit प्लव (plava), प्लवक (plavaka, “frog”), Lithuanian sprūgti (“to leave, escape”), Russian прыгнуть (prýgnutĭ, “to leap”), прыгать (prýgatĭ, “to jump around”), Albanian fryj (“to blow”)).[1] See also frosh, frosk.

Noun

The frog of a violin bow is labeled in this photo.

frog (plural frogs)

  1. A small tailless amphibian of the order Anura that typically hops
  2. The part of a violin bow (or that of other similar string instruments such as the viola, cello and contrabass) located at the end held by the player, to which the horsehair is attached
  3. (Cockney rhyming slang) Road. Shorter, more common form of frog and toad
  4. The depression in the upper face of a pressed or handmade clay brick
  5. An organ on the bottom of a horse’s hoof that assists in the circulation of blood
  6. The part of a railway switch or turnout where the running-rails cross (from the resemblance to the frog in a horse’s hoof)
Synonyms
Derived terms
Derived terms
Translations
amphibian
end of a string instrument’s bow
organ in a horse’s foot
part of a railway
References
  1. ^ J.P. Mallory & D.Q. Adams, eds, Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, s.v. "Jump" (London: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1997), 323.
See also

Verb

frog (third-person singular simple present frogs, present participle frogging, simple past and past participle frogged)

  1. To hunt or trap frogs
Derived terms
  • frog stitch

Etymology 2

From frog legs, stereotypical food of the French. Compare rosbif (“English person”), from roast beef, corresponding French term for English, likewise based on stereotypical food.

Noun

frog (plural frogs)

  1. (offensive) A French person
  2. (Canada, offensive) A French-speaking person from Quebec
Antonyms
  • (French person): rosbif (of an English, by French)

References

Etymology 3

Unknown. Possibly from Portuguese froco (“flock”), from Latin floccus (“flock”).

Noun

frog (plural frogs)

  1. A leather or fabric loop used to attach a sword or bayonet, or its scabbard, to a waist or shoulder belt
  2. A fastener for clothing consisting of a button that fits through a loop
Translations
A fastener for clothing consisting of a button that fits through a loop

Verb

frog (third-person singular simple present frogs, present participle frogging, simple past and past participle frogged)

  1. To ornament or fasten a coat, etc. with frogs

Etymology 4

Supposedly from ribbit (“sound made by a frog”) sounding similar to "rip it".

Verb

frog (third-person singular simple present frogs, present participle frogging, simple past and past participle frogged)

  1. (transitive) To unravel (a knitted garment).
References

“frog” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).

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Irish

Etymology

From English frog.

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [fˠɾˠɔɡ]

Noun

frog m (genitive froig, nominative plural froganna)

  1. frog (amphibian)

Declension

Declension of frog

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative frog froganna
Vocative a fhroig a fhroganna
Genitive froig froganna
Dative frog froganna

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an frog na froganna
Genitive an fhroig na bhfroganna
Dative leis an bhfrog

don fhrog

 leis na froganna

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
frog fhrog bhfrog
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Volapük

Pronunciation

Noun

frog (plural frogs)

  1. (male or female) frog (amphibian)

Declension

declension of frog
singular plural
nominative frog frogs
genitive froga frogas
dative froge froges
accusative frogi frogis
predicative frogu frogus
vocative o frog! o frogs!

Derived terms

  • bimafrog
  • braunafrog
  • frogahilarvat
  • frogajilarvat
  • frogaküid
  • frogalarvat
  • frogav
  • frogavan
  • frogik
  • frogil
  • frogül
  • frogülil
  • grünafrog
  • hifrog
  • hifrogül
  • jifrog
  • jifrogül

See also

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