fronda

Borrowed from Latin frondem.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈfɾon.də]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈfɾon.da]

fronda f (plural frondes)

1. frond (leaf of a fern)
2. foliage

   Synonym: fullatge

• “fronda”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

• Homophones: frondas, frondât

fronda

1. third-person singular past historic of fronder

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

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

• fronde (obsolete)

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

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

fronda f (plural fronde)

1. movement of covert opposition

   vento di fronda ― spirit of covert opposition

   fare la fronda

   to conspire

   (literally, “to do/act as covert opposition”)

• frondista

• frondeur

• fronda¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• fronda² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Borrowed from French fronde.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfrɔn.da/
• Rhymes: -ɔnda
• Syllabification: fron‧da
• Homophone: Fronda

fronda f

1. (literary) revolt arising within an organization or against a state authority

   Hypernyms: bunt, rewolta

2. (literary, politics) splinter group, splinter party

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

From Latin frondem (“leafy branch”).

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

fronda f (plural frondas)

1. (botany) frond

• fronde

• “fronda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024