frufru

See also: frufrú, froofroo, froo-froo, froufrou, and frou-frou

English

Noun

frufru (plural frufrus)

  1. Alternative spelling of frou-frou.

Adjective

frufru (comparative more frufru, superlative most frufru)

  1. Alternative spelling of frou-frou.

Anagrams

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed probably from German Froufrou (“the rustling of a petticoat”) and from French frou-frou (“rustling”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfrufru]
  • Hyphenation: fruf‧ru
  • Rhymes: -ru

Noun

frufru (plural frufruk)

  1. bangs (hair hanging over the forehead)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative frufru frufruk
accusative frufrut frufrukat
dative frufrunak frufruknak
instrumental frufruval frufrukkal
causal-final frufruért frufrukért
translative frufruvá frufrukká
terminative frufruig frufrukig
essive-formal frufruként frufrukként
essive-modal — —
inessive frufruban frufrukban
superessive frufrun frufrukon
adessive frufrunál frufruknál
illative frufruba frufrukba
sublative frufrura frufrukra
allative frufruhoz frufrukhoz
elative frufruból frufrukból
delative frufruról frufrukról
ablative frufrutól frufruktól
non-attributive
possessive – singular 		frufrué frufruké
non-attributive
possessive – plural 		frufruéi frufrukéi
Possessive forms of frufru
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. frufrum frufrujaim (or frufruim)
2nd person sing. frufrud frufrujaid (or frufruid)
3rd person sing. frufruja frufrujai (or frufrui)
1st person plural frufrunk frufrujaink (or frufruink)
2nd person plural frufrutok frufrujaitok (or frufruitok)
3rd person plural frufrujuk frufrujaik (or frufruik)

References

  1. ^ frufru in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

  • frufru in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French frou-frou, of imitative origin.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /fɾuˈfɾu/

  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: fru‧fru

Adjective

frufru

  1. overly decorated or colourful

Noun

frufru m (plural frufrus)

  1. rustle; rustling (of fabrics)

Derived terms

  • frufrulhar

Further reading

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