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fronda.

leafy branch

6 characters2 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈfron.da/
  1. leafy branch

    feminine
  2. leaf

    feminine · in-plural
  3. a plant's branches and foliage

    collective · feminine
  4. a superfluous literary flourish

    feminine · in-plural
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Latin frondem (“leafy branch”). Doublet of fronza.

noun/ˈfron.da/
  1. movement of covert opposition

    feminine
    vento di fronda
    fare la fronda
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French fronde (“slingshot; opposition”), ultimately from Latin funda (“sling, slingshot”), probably through a contracted, metathesized diminutive form (Vulgar Latin *flunda ← *fundula).

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