froot

See also: fròot

English

Etymology

Blend of front +‎ boot

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /fɹuːt/
• Homophone: fruit
• Rhymes: -uːt

Noun

froot (plural froots)

1. (automotive) A boot (storage compartment) located at the front rather than the rear of a car, especially an electric vehicle.
   • 2018 June 4, “Jaguar i-Pace review: at last we drive Jag's first EV!”, in Car Magazine‎^[1], archived from the original on 18 December 2019:

     "There’s a tiny froot (front boot), and a long if not particularly deep actual boot with 656 litres of lugging capacity.")

   • 2014 December 9, “The Tesla Model S ‘Skateboard’ Rolling Chassis Is A Thing Of Beauty”, in Gizmodo‎^[2], archived from the original on 26 January 2022:

     "In Australia, we like ‘froot’, for front boot.")

   • 2012 June 22, “S”, in Electragirl‎^[3], archived from the original on 26 January 2022:

     "There is so much luggage space in the boot as well as under the bonnet, in the US that’s called the front trunk or “Frunk”, we call it the “Froot”. ")

Synonyms

• frunk (North America)

 

Translations

front boot

• Bulgarian: предно товарно пространство (predno tovarno prostranstvo)
• Finnish: etutavaratila
• French: frunk (fr) m
• German: Frunk m

See also

• bonnet

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