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French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French fronce, from Old French fronce, fronche (“frown, wrinkles, small creases in cloth”), from Frankish *hrunkiju (“wrinkle, rumple”) from Proto-Germanic *hrunkijō, *hrunkitō (“fold, wrinkle”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). Akin to Old High German runza (“fold, wrinkle, crease”) (German Runzel (“wrinkle”)), Middle Dutch ronse (“frown”), Old Norse hrukka (“wrinkle, crease”) (Icelandic hrukka (“wrinkle, crease, ruck”)). More at ruck.
Pronunciation
Noun
fronce f (plural fronces)
- a frown; scowl
Verb
fronce
- inflection of froncer:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
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Middle English
Noun
fronce
- Alternative form of frounce
Middle French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French fronce, from Frankish *hrunkiju (“wrinkle”) from Proto-Germanic *hrunkijō, *hrunkitō (“fold, wrinkle”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”).
Noun
fronce f (plural fronces)
- crease; wrinkle (usually in clothes)
Descendants
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (fronce, supplement)
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Frankish *hrunkiju (“wrinkle”) from Proto-Germanic *hrunkijō, *hrunkitō (“fold, wrinkle”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”).
Noun
fronce oblique singular, f (oblique plural fronces, nominative singular fronce, nominative plural fronces)
- wrinkle (of the skin)
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (fronce)