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fronde.

foliage

6 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/fʁɔ̃d/France

  1. foliage

    dated · feminine · literary

  2. frond

    feminine
Where this word comes from

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/fʁɔ̃d/France

  1. sling, slingshot

    feminine

  2. criticism, opposition

    broadly · feminine
Where this word comes from

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

verb/fʁɔ̃d/France

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

    first-person · form-of · indicative · singular · subjunctive · third-person

  2. inflection of fronder: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
Where this word comes from

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

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