fronda

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See also: Fronda, frondă, frondą, and Frondą

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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 fronda ― spirit 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

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Etymology

Borrowed from French fronde.

Pronunciation

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

Declension of fronda
singular plural
nominative fronda frondy
genitive frondy frond
dative frondzie frondom
accusative frondę frondy
instrumental frondą frondami
locative frondzie frondach
vocative frondo frondy

Derived terms

verb
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/
  • Rhymes: -onda
  • Syllabification: fron‧da

Noun

fronda f (plural frondas)

  1. (botany) frond

Alternative forms

Further reading

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