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fronda

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See also: Fronda, frondă, frondą, and Frondą

Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin frondem.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fronda f (plural frondes)

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

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French

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Verb

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fronda

  1. third-person singular past historic of fronder

Italian

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

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Noun

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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
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Etymology 2

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

Noun

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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”)
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References

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  • 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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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed from French fronde.

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Noun

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fronda f

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

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verb
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Further reading

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

Spanish

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Etymology

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From Latin frondem (leafy branch).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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fronda f (plural frondas)

  1. (botany) frond

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