fronde

See also: frondé

French

Pronunciation

• (France) IPA^(key): /fʁɔ̃d/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin frondem (“leafage”). The dated sense is from Classical Latin, and attested since the fifteenth century; the other is from scientific Latin, due to Carolus Linnaeus, and attested since the eighteenth century.

Noun

fronde f (plural frondes)

1. (dated, literary) foliage
2. frond

Derived terms

• frondaison

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Latin funda (“sling, slingshot”), probably through a Vulgar Latin *fundula, and a contracted, metathesized derivative *flunda (compare Italian fionda).

Noun

fronde f (plural frondes)

1. sling, slingshot
2. (by extension) criticism, opposition

   Synonym: critique

Derived terms

• frondeur

Verb

fronde

1. inflection of fronder:
   1. first/third-person singular indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “fronde”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• fonder, fondre, refond

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfron.de/
• Rhymes: -onde
• Hyphenation: frón‧de

Noun

fronde f (plural frondi)

1. Obsolete form of fronda.

Noun

fronde f

1. plural of fronda

Latin

Verb

frondē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of frondeō

Noun

fronde

1. ablative singular of frōns

   Limumque tenent in fronde relictum. (Metamorphoses, 1, 347, Ovidius)

   And they hold some leftover mud in their foliage. (Metamorphoses, 1, 347, Ovid)

References

• fronde in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin frondem (“leafy branch”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾõ.d͡ʒi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾõ.d͡ʒi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾõ.de/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾõ.dɨ/

• Hyphenation: fron‧de

Noun

fronde f (plural frondes)

1. (botany) frond

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾonde/ [ˈfɾõn̪.d̪e]
• Rhymes: -onde
• Syllabification: fron‧de

Noun

fronde m (plural frondes)

1. Alternative form of fronda

Further reading

• “fronde”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014