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 प्लव (plava), 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
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.
- 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)
TranslationsEdit
amphibian
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end of a string instrument’s bow
organ in a horse’s foot
part of a railway
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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.
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)
AntonymsEdit
- (French person): rosbif (of an English, by French)
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).
IrishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
frog m (genitive singular froig, nominative plural froganna)
- frog (amphibian)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of frog
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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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. |
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VolapükEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
frog (plural frogs)
- (male or female) frog (amphibian)
DeclensionEdit
declension of frog
Derived termsEdit
- bimafrog
- braunafrog
- frogahilarvat
- frogajilarvat
- frogaküid
- frogalarvat
- frogav
- frogavan
- frogik
- frogil
- frogül
- frogülil
- grünafrog
- hifrog
- hifrogül
- jifrog
- jifrogül