frog
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
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 प्लवक (plavaka, “frog”), Lithuanian sprūgti (“to leave, escape”), Russian пры́гнуть (prýgnutʹ, “to leap”), пры́гать (prýgatʹ, “to jump around”), Albanian fryj (“to blow”)).[1] See also frosh, frosk.
NounEdit
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frog (plural frogs)
- A small tailless amphibian of the order Anura that typically hops.
- 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.
- (Cockney rhyming slang) Road. Shorter, more common form of frog and toad.
- The depression in the upper face of a pressed or handmade clay brick.
- An organ on the bottom of a horse’s hoof that assists in the circulation of blood.
- (rail transport) The part of a railway switch or turnout where the running-rails cross (from the resemblance to the frog in a horse’s hoof).
SynonymsEdit
- (amphibian: frog): frosh, frosk, frock
- (amphibian: frog or toad): pad, paddock
- (railway switch component): common crossing
Derived termsEdit
Terms derived from frog (noun)
- a frog in one's throat
- Australian ground frog
- boiling frog
- brown frog
- bush frog
- clawed frog
- common frog
- Darwin's frog
- disc-tongued frog
- edible frog
- European common brown frog
- European common frog
- fine as frog hair, finer than frog hair
- Frog
- frog belly
- frogbit
- frog chorus
- frogeater, frog eater
- frogeye
- frogeyed
- frog face
- frogfish
- frogged
- froggery
- frogging
- froggish
- froggy
- Froggy
- froghopper
- frog kick
- frog kingdom
- frog legs
- froglike
- frog lily
- frogly
- frogman
- frogmarch, frog-march
- frogmouth
- frog orchid
- frogpond, frog pond
- frog pose
- frog's-bit
- frog's legs
- frogspawn, frog spawn
- frog spit
- frog spittle
- frog sticker
- frogstool
- frog-walk
- ghost frog
- glass frog
- green frog
- have a frog in one's throat
- leapfrogged, leap-frogged
- leapfrogging
- leapfrog, leap-frog
- leapfrog test, leap-frog test, leap frog test
- litter frog
- male frog test
- marsh frog
- marsupial frog
- moss frog
- narrow-mouthed frog
- painted frog
- parsley frog
- poison dart frog
- pool frog
- robber frog
- screeching frog
- sedge frog
- Seychelles frog
- shovelnose frog
- tailed frog
- tongueless frog
- tree frog
- tropical frog
- true frog
- Tukeit Hill frog
TranslationsEdit
amphibian
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end of a string instrument’s bow
organ in a horse’s foot
part of a railway
ReferencesEdit
- ^ J.P. Mallory & D.Q. Adams, eds, Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, s.v. "Jump" (London: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1997), 323.
See alsoEdit
VerbEdit
frog (third-person singular simple present frogs, present participle frogging, simple past and past participle frogged)
- To hunt or trap frogs.
- (transitive, biology) To use a pronged plater to transfer (cells) to another plate.
- (transitive, cooking) To spatchcock (a chicken).
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
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.
NounEdit
frog (plural frogs)
- (offensive) A French person.
- Synonym: baguette
- (Canada, offensive) A French-speaking person from Quebec.
AntonymsEdit
- (French person): rosbif (of an English, by French)
TranslationsEdit
French person
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- frog in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Etymology 3Edit
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Unknown. Possibly from Portuguese froco (“flock”), from Latin floccus (“flock”).
NounEdit
frog (plural frogs)
- A leather or fabric loop used to attach a sword or bayonet, or its scabbard, to a waist or shoulder belt.
- An ornate fastener for clothing consisting of an oblong button (covered with netted thread), toggle, or knot, that fits through a loop.
- 1844, Alexander Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo:
- The visitor was about fifty-two years of age, dressed in one of the green surtouts, ornamented with black frogs, which have so long maintained their popularity all over Europe.
- 1844, Alexander Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo:
TranslationsEdit
a loop used to attach a scabbard etc. to a belt
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a fastener for clothing consisting of a button that fits through a loop
VerbEdit
frog (third-person singular simple present frogs, present participle frogging, simple past and past participle frogged)
Etymology 4Edit
Supposedly from ribbit (“sound made by a frog”) sounding similar to "rip it".
VerbEdit
frog (third-person singular simple present frogs, present participle frogging, simple past and past participle frogged)
- (transitive) To unravel (a knitted garment).
ReferencesEdit
“frog” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.
IrishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
frog m, f (genitive singular froig, nominative plural froganna)
- frog (amphibian; organ in a horse’s foot)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of frog
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived termsEdit
- frogaire (“frogman”)
- frog crainn (“tree frog”)
- frog Góiliat (“Goliath frog”)
- frog nimhe (“poison dart frog”)
- glóthach fhroig, sceathrach fhroig, sceith fhroig (“frog-spawn”)
MutationEdit
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| frog | fhrog | bhfrog |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further readingEdit
- "frog" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Entries containing “frog” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “frog” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.