fronce
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French fronce, from Old French fronce, fronche (“frown, wrinkles, small creases in cloth”), from Frankish *hrunkiju (“wrinkle, rumple”) from Proto-Germanic *hrunkijō, *hrunkitō (“fold, wrinkle”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). Akin to Old High German runza (“fold, wrinkle, crease”) (German Runzel (“wrinkle”)), Middle Dutch ronse (“frown”), Old Norse hrukka (“wrinkle, crease”) (Icelandic hrukka (“wrinkle, crease, ruck”)). More at ruck.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fronce f (plural fronces)
Verb edit
fronce
- inflection of froncer:
Further reading edit
- “fronce”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Middle English edit
Noun edit
fronce
- Alternative form of frounce
Middle French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French fronce, from Frankish *hrunkiju (“wrinkle”) from Proto-Germanic *hrunkijō, *hrunkitō (“fold, wrinkle”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”).
Noun edit
fronce f (plural fronces)
Descendants edit
References edit
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (fronce, supplement)
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Frankish *hrunkiju (“wrinkle”) from Proto-Germanic *hrunkijō, *hrunkitō (“fold, wrinkle”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”).
Noun edit
fronce oblique singular, f (oblique plural fronces, nominative singular fronce, nominative plural fronces)
- wrinkle (of the skin)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Middle French: fronce
References edit
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (fronce)