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Definitions and meaning of frons

frons

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin frōns (“the forehead, brow, front”). Doublet of front.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /fɹɒnz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /fɹɑnz/
• Rhymes: -ɒnz

Noun

frons (plural frontes)

1. (anatomy) In vertebrates, especially mammals, the forehead; the part of the cranium between the orbits and the vertex.
2. (entomology) The front part of the epicranium or head capsule of many insects; generally speaking, the area below or between the antennae and above the clypeus. Typically it lies between the genal or "cheek" areas on either side of the head.
3. (entomology) (of Diptera) The postfrons.

Synonyms

• forehead

References

• “frons”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “frons”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French fronce, from Old French fronce, from Frankish *hrunkja (“wrinkle”) from Proto-Germanic *hrunkijō, *hrunkitō (“fold, wrinkle”), from Proto-Indo-European *sker- (“to turn, bend”). The semantic narrowing to frowns on the forehead may be influenced by unrelated Latin frōns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /frɔns/
• Hyphenation: frons
• Rhymes: -ɔns

Noun

frons f (plural fronsen, diminutive fronsje n)

1. A frown, a furrow of one's eyebrows or forehead.

   Ze keek met een diepe frons naar het document. ― She looked at the document with a deep frown.

   Zijn frons gaf zijn verwarring aan. ― His frown indicated his confusion.

   Ik zag een kleine fronsje op haar voorhoofd. ― I saw a tiny furrow on her forehead.

Related terms

• fronsen

Descendants

• Afrikaans: frons

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *fronts, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrónts (compare Irish braine (“prow, edge”), Old Norse brandr (“sword blade”)), from *bʰren- (“to project; edge”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /frons/, [frõːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /frons/, [frɔns]

Noun

frōns f (genitive frontis); third declension

1. (literally):
   1. (anatomy) the forehead, brow, front

      Synonyms: ōs, vultus

   2. the brow or countenance as an indicator of the feelings

      Synonyms: vultus, faciēs

2. (figuratively):
   1. as the mirror of a person's character or feelings
   2. (in particular) as expressing shame
      1. (transferred sense) a sense of modesty; decorum, decency
   3. (Late Latin) as expressing impudence, boldness

      Synonym: ōs

3. (transferred sense):
   1. the outward appearance, external quality, look (as distinct from inward nature)

      Synonyms: faciēs, speciēs, forma, habitus

      prīmā fronte ― at first sight

   2. the forepart of anything; the front, facade (as opposed to back and sides)

      Antonyms: tergum, latus

      ā fronte, in fronte, in prīmā fronte, in frontem ― in front, to the fore

   3. (military) the front of an army or fleet in battle array
   4. (surveying, geography) frontage (the part facing the road, river, coastline), usually in ref. to its length
      1. the coastline; a projecting piece of coast
   5. the outer extremity or face, the outer or inner surface (eg. of a wall), the top or bottom end (of a trench), the broad side (of a rectangle)
      1. either of the flat ends of a papyrus scroll
   6. the exposed surface, outer side of anything

Inflection

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Derived terms

Descendants

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰron-d- (compare Old English brant (“steep”), Latvian bruôds (“roof ridge”), from *bʰren- (“project”).

Alternative forms

• fruns (dialectal)

Noun

frōns f (genitive frondis); third declension

1. (literally) A leafy branch, green bough, foliage.

   Synonym: folium

2. (poetic, transferred sense) A garland made of leafy boughs, a garland of leaves, leafy chaplet.

Inflection

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Derived terms

Related terms

• frondēscō

Descendants

References

• “frons” on page 810 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
• “frons”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “frons”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• frons in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• frons in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.