frondeur

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French frondeur.

Noun

frondeur (plural frondeurs)

  1. A political rebel

French

Etymology

From fronde (“sling”) +‎ -eur.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fʁɔ̃.dœʁ/
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Noun

frondeur m (plural frondeurs, feminine frondeuse)

  1. slinger (someone who slings or who uses a sling)
  2. (historical) member of the Fronde (civil war in France, 1648–1653)
  3. (by extension) political rebel

Adjective

frondeur (feminine frondeuse, masculine plural frondeurs, feminine plural frondeuses)

  1. politically disapproving

Further reading

Romanian

Noun

frondeur m (plural frondeuri)

  1. obsolete form of frondor

Declension

Declension of frondeur
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative frondeur frondeurul frondeuri frondeurii
genitive-dative frondeur frondeurului frondeuri frondeurilor
vocative frondeurule frondeurilor

References

  • frondeur in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
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