fronto

See also: Fronto, frontó, and fronto-

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from English front, ultimately from Latin frōns. Doublet of frunto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfronto/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: fron‧to

Noun

fronto (accusative singular fronton, plural frontoj, accusative plural frontojn)

1. front

   Synonym: antaŭo

2. frontage

Derived terms

• alfronti (“to confront”)
• fronta (adjective)

Ido

Noun

fronto (plural fronti)

1. front
2. forehead

Latin

Etymology

From frōns (“forehead”) +‎ -ō (suffix forming related nouns).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfron.toː/, [ˈfrɔn̪t̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfron.to/, [ˈfrɔn̪t̪o]

Noun

frontō m (genitive frontōnis); third declension

1. A person with a large forehead

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	frontō	frontōnēs
genitive	frontōnis	frontōnum
dative	frontōnī	frontōnibus
accusative	frontōnem	frontōnēs
ablative	frontōne	frontōnibus
vocative	frontō	frontōnēs

Derived terms

• Frontō

Descendants

• English: fronton
• French: fronton
• Italian: frontone
• Portuguese: frontão
• Sicilian: fruntuni
• Spanish: frontón

References

• “fronto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• fronto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.