frog
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle English frogge, from Old English frogga, frocga (“frog”), from Proto-West Germanic *froþgō, from Proto-Germanic *fruþgô (“frog”). Possibly related to Saterland Frisian Poage (“frog”), German Low German Pogg, Pogge (“frog”).
Alternative formsEdit
- frock (dialectal)
NounEdit
frog (plural frogs)
- A small tailless amphibian of the order Anura that typically hops.
- 2008, Lich King, "Black Metal Sucks", Toxic Zombie Onslaught:
- Awesome leather armbands with spikes like two feet long / Hair is parted down the middle, frowning like a frog
- 2008, Lich King, "Black Metal Sucks", Toxic Zombie Onslaught:
- (music) 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).
- Synonym: common crossing
Derived termsEdit
- a frog in one's throat
- Australian ground frogs (Myobatrachidae spp.)
- boiling frog
- brown frogs (Rana spp.)
- bullfrog
- bush frog (Hyperoliidae)
- carpenter frog (Lithobates virgatipes)
- Cascades frog (Rana cascadae)
- chirping frogs (Eleutherodactylus)
- chorus frogs (Pseudacris)
- clawed frogs (Xenopus spp.)
- common frog (Rana temporaria)
- coqui frog (Eleutherodactylus coqui)
- crawfish frog (Lithobates areolatus)
- cricket frog (Acris)
- Darwin's frog (Rhinoderma darwinii)
- disc-tongued frog (Alytidae)
- edible frog
- European common brown frog (Rana temporaria)
- European common frog (Rana temporaria)
- fine as frog hair, finer than frog hair
- Frog
- frog belly
- frogbit
- frog chorus
- frogeater, frog eater
- frogess
- frogeye
- frogeyed
- frog face
- frogfish
- frogged
- froggery
- frogging
- froggish
- froggy
- Froggy
- froghopper (Cercopoidea)
- frog kick
- frog kingdom
- frog legs
- froglike
- frog lily (Nuphar or Potamogeton)
- frogly
- frogman
- frogmarch, frog-march
- frogmouth (Podargidae)
- frog orchid (Coeloglossum viride)
- 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 (Heleophrynidae)
- glass frog (Centrolenidae)
- gopher frog (Lithobates capito)
- green frog (Lithobates clamitans)
- greenhouse frog (Eleutherodactylus planirostris)
- have a frog in one's throat
- ice frog (Amietia vertebralis)
- leapfrogged, leap-frogged
- leapfrogging
- leapfrog, leap-frog
- leapfrog test, leap-frog test, leap frog test
- leopard frogs (Lithobates spp.)
- litter frog (Megophryidae)
- male frog test
- marsh frog (Pelophylax ridibundus)
- marsupial frog (Amphignathodontidae)
- mink frog (Lithobates septentrionalis)
- moss frog (Rhacophoridae)
- narrow-mouthed frogs (Microhylidae)
- night frog
- painted frog (Alytidae)
- parsley frog (Pelodytidae)
- pickerel frog (Lithobates palustris)
- pig frog (Lithobates grylio)
- poison dart frogs (Dendrobates spp.)
- pool frog (Pelophylax lessonae)
- rain frog (Eleutherodactylus spp.)
- red-legged frogs (Rana spp.)
- river frog (Lithobates heckscheri)
- robber frog (Craugastor raniformis)
- screeching frogs (Arthroleptidae)
- sedge frog (Hyperoliidae)
- Seychelles frog (Sooglossus sechellensis)
- sheep frogs (Hypopachus)
- shovelnose frog (Hemisus)
- tailed frog (Ascaphus spp.)
- Tarahumara frog (Lithobates tarahumarae)
- tongueless frogs (Pipidae spp.)
- tree frog
- treefrog (Hyla spp.)
- tropical frog (Micrixalus spp.)
- true frogs (Ranidae spp.)
- Tukeit Hill frog (Allophryne ruthveni)
- water frog (Pelophylax, Telmatobius)
- wire frog
- wood frog (Lithobates sylvaticus)
- wrinkled frogs (Glandirana spp.)
- yellow-legged frogs (Rana spp.)
DescendantsEdit
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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 French rosbif (“English person”), from roast beef, corresponding term for the English, likewise based on stereotypical food; and Kraut for Germans.
NounEdit
frog (plural frogs, feminine frogette)
- (offensive) A French person.
- Synonyms: baguette, cheese-eating surrender monkey
- (Canada, offensive) A French-speaking person from Quebec.
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Further readingEdit
- “frog” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Etymology 3Edit
Unknown. Possibly borrowed 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.
TranslationsEdit
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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 part of (a knitted garment) while knitting it in order to correct a mistake.
Further readingEdit
- frog on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- frog on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Douglas Harper (2001–2022), “frog”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
IrishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
frog m or f (genitive singular froig, nominative plural froganna)
- frog (amphibian; organ in a horse’s foot)
DeclensionEdit
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
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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.
VolapükEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
frog (nominative plural frogs)