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English
Etymology
From French frotter.
Pronunciation
Verb
frote (third-person singular simple present frotes, present participle froting, simple past and past participle froted)
- (obsolete) To rub or wear by rubbing; to chafe.
1599 (first performance), B. I. [i.e., Ben Jonson], The Comicall Satyre of Euery Man out of His Humor. , London: for William Holme, , published 1600, →OCLC, Act IV, scene iii, signature [L iiij], verso:Let a man ſweat once a weeke in a Hothouſe, and be well rubd and froted with a good plumpe juicie wench, and ſweet linnen, he ſhall ne’re ha’ the Poxe.
1577, Timothy Kendall, Flowers of Epigrammes:She smelles, she kisseth, and her corps
She loves exceedingly; She tufts her heare , she frotes her face
Anagrams
Asturian
Verb
frote
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive of frotar
Old High German
Adjective
frōte
- Alternative form of fruote, strong masculine nominative/accusative plural of fruot
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɾote/
- Rhymes: -ote
- Syllabification: fro‧te
Etymology 1
Deverbal from frotar.
Noun
frote m (plural frotes)
- rub; rubbing
- Synonym: frotamiento
Etymology 2
Verb
frote
- inflection of frotar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
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