frua

Esperanto

Etymology

From German früh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfrua]
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• Rhymes: -ua
• 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”)

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto frua.

Adjective

frua

1. early

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• fruen

Noun

frua m or f

1. definite feminine singular of frue

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

frua f

1. definite singular of frue

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *frauwjā.

Noun

frūa f

1. lady

Descendants

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

References

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

Portuguese

Verb

frua

1. inflection of fruir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative