fronda

See also: Fronda, frondă, frondą, and Frondą

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin frondem.

Pronunciation

Noun

fronda f (plural frondes)

  1. frond (leaf of a fern)
  2. foliage
    Synonym: fullatge

Further reading

French

Pronunciation

Verb

fronda

  1. third-person singular past historic of fronder

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfron.da/
  • Rhymes: -onda
  • Hyphenation: frón‧da

Etymology 1

From Latin frondem (leafy branch). Doublet of fronza.

Alternative forms

Noun

fronda f (plural fronde)

  1. leafy branch
    Synonym: (obsolete) fronza
  2. (chiefly in the plural) leaf
    Synonym: foglia
  3. (collective) a plant's branches and foliage
  4. (in the plural) a superfluous literary flourish
Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Noun

fronda f (plural fronde)

  1. movement of covert opposition
    vento di frondaspirit of covert opposition
    fare la fronda
    to conspire
    (literally, “to do/act as covert opposition”)
Derived terms

References

  • fronda1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • fronda2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French fronde.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfrɔn.da/
  • Rhymes: -ɔnda
  • Syllabification: fron‧da
  • Homophone: Fronda

Noun

fronda f

  1. (literary) revolt arising within an organization or against a state authority
    Hypernyms: bunt, rewolta
  2. (literary, politics) splinter group, splinter party

Declension

Derived terms

verb
  • frondować impf
noun

Further reading

  • fronda in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • fronda in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin frondem (leafy branch).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɾonda/ [ˈfɾõn̪.d̪a]
  • Rhymes: -onda
  • Syllabification: fron‧da

Noun

fronda f (plural frondas)

  1. (botany) frond

Alternative forms

Further reading

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