fronde
See also: frondé
French
Pronunciation
- (French) IPA(key): /fʁɔ̃d/
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin frons, frondis (“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.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Ultimately from Latin funda (“sling, slingshot”), probably through a Vulgar Latin *fundula, and a contracted, metathesized derivative *flunda (compare Italian fionda).
Synonyms
- (criticism): critique
Derived terms
Verb
fronde
Further reading
- “fronde” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Latin
References
- fronde in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
Portuguese
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɾonde/, [ˈfɾõn̪d̪e]
Further reading
- “fronde” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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