frond

frond

See also: Frönd

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin frons, frond- (“leafy branch”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /fɹɒnd/
• (US) IPA^(key): /fɹɑnd/
• Rhymes: -ɒnd

Noun

frond (plural fronds)

1. (botany) The leaf of a fern, especially a compound leaf.
2. Any fern-like leaf or other object resembling a fern leaf.

Translations

leaf of a fern

Bulgarian: съставен лист m (sǎstaven list) Catalan: fronda f Chinese: Mandarin: 植物体 (zhíwùtǐ) Dutch: varenblad Esperanto: frondo Finnish: saniaisen lehti French: fronde (fr) f Galician: fronde f German: Farnwedel m

Haitian Creole: fwonn Indonesian: ental Italian: fronda (it) f Kazakh: вайя (vayya) Maori: tētē, nīkau Portuguese: fronde (pt) f Russian: лист па́поротника m (list páporotnika), ва́йя (ru) f (vájja) Spanish: fronda f, fronde f Tagalog: dakdahon Ukrainian: вайя (uk) f (vajja)

leaf or object resembling a fern leaf

German: Wedel (de) m

Anagrams

• fnord

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Middle English

Noun

frond

1. Alternative form of frend