froncer

French

Etymology

From fronce "frown, scowl" from Middle French fronce, from Old French fronces, fronche "frown, wrinkles, small creases in cloth", from Frankish *hrunkja "wrinkle" from Proto-Germanic *hrunkijō, *hrunkitō (“fold, wrinkle”), from Proto-Indo-European *sker- (“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 ruck₂. .

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fʁɔ̃se/

Verb

froncer

1. to scowl
2. (transitive) to gather (fabric)

Conjugation

• This verb is part of a group of -er verbs for which ‘c’ is softened to a ‘ç’ before the vowels ‘a’ and ‘o’.

   Conjugation of froncer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		froncer			avoir froncé
gerund		en fronçant			en ayant froncé
present participle		fronçant
past participle		froncé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	fronce	fronces	fronce	fronçons	froncez	froncent
	imperfect	fronçais	fronçais	fronçait	froncions	fronciez	fronçaient
	past historic1	fronçai	fronças	fronça	fronçâmes	fronçâtes	froncèrent
	future	froncerai	fronceras	froncera	froncerons	froncerez	fronceront
	conditional	froncerais	froncerais	froncerait	froncerions	fronceriez	fronceraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	fronce	fronces	fronce	froncions	fronciez	froncent
	imperfect1	fronçasse	fronçasses	fronçât	fronçassions	fronçassiez	fronçassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	fronce	—	fronçons	froncez	—
1literary tenses

Derived terms

• froncer les sourcils