Frottee

See also: frottée

German

Alternative forms

• Frotté

Etymology

Borrowed from French frotté.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʁɔˈteː/, /ˈfʁɔte/

• Audio:

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Noun

Frottee n or m (strong, genitive Frottees or Frottee, plural Frottees)

1. terrycloth, towelling

   Synonym: Frotteestoff

Usage notes

• The spelling Frottee has been the prescribed spelling since 2017. In the affected areas, the previous spelling (Frotté) is now less common, and may be regarded as a misspelling, except in countries where the source language of the loanword is co-official (such as French in Switzerland).

Declension

Declension of Frottee [neuter // masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das, der	Frottee	die	Frottees
genitive	eines	des	Frottees, Frottee	der	Frottees
dative	einem	dem	Frottee	den	Frottees
accusative	ein, einen	das, den	Frottee	die	Frottees

Related terms

• frottieren (“to rub down”)
• Frotteehandschuh
• Frotteehandtuch
• Frotteur

Further reading

• “Frottee” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Frottee” in Duden online