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Webster 1913 Edition

Fro

Fro

(frō)
,
adv.
[OE.
fra
,
fro
, adv. & prep., Icel.
frā
, akin to Dan.
fra
from, E.
from
. See
From
.]
From; away; back or backward; – now used only in opposition to the word to, in the phrase to and fro, that is, to and from. See
To and fro
under
To
.
Milton.

Fro

,
p
rep.
From.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Webster 1828 Edition

Fro

FRO

,
adv.
[In some languages it is a prefix, having the force of a negative.]
From; away; back or backward; as in the phrase, to and fro, that is, to and from, forward or toward and backward, hither and thither.

Definition 2024

Fro

Fro

See also: fro, FRO, fró, frö, frø, and 'fro

Low German

Alternative forms

Noun

Fro f ‎(plural Froons or Froonslüüd)

  1. woman (female human)
  2. wife (i.e. Fro can be short for Ehfro)

Synonyms

  • Ehfro
  • Frominsch
  • Froonsminsch
  • Frugensminsch
  • Fruminsch
  • Fruunsminsch
  • Ollsch
  • Oolsch
  • Wief

Antonyms

  • Ehmann
  • Mann
  • Mannsminsch

Related terms

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German frāga. Cognate with German Frage, Dutch vraag.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fʀoː/
    • Rhymes: -oː

Noun

Fro f ‎(plural Froen)

  1. question

Related terms

fro

fro

See also: Fro, FRO, fró, frø, frö, and 'fro

English

Alternative forms

Adverb

fro ‎(not comparable)

  1. (archaic) From; away; back or backward. In modern English used only in the set phrase to and fro ("back and forth").
Derived terms

Etymology 2

A shortening of afro.

Noun

fro ‎(plural fros)

  1. (slang) An afro (hairstyle).

Anagrams

Lojban

Rafsi

fro

  1. rafsi of forca.

Luxembourgish

Verb

fro

  1. second-person singular imperative of froen

Middle English

Adverb

fro

  1. from

Norman

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French froc ‎(“frock, a monk's gown or habit”), from Frankish *hrokk ‎(“robe, tunic”), from Proto-Germanic *hrukkaz ‎(“robe, garment, cowl”), variant of *rukkaz ‎(“upper garment, smock, shirt”), from Proto-Indo-European *rug(')- ‎(“upper clothes, shirt”).

Pronunciation

  • (Jersey)

Noun

fro m ‎(plural frocs)

  1. (Jersey, Guernsey) dress

Synonyms

Novial

Preposition

fro

  1. from

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *frawaz, whence also Old Norse frár ‎(“swift”).

Adjective

frō (comparative frōworo, superlative frōwost)

  1. glad

Declension

Comparative forms of frō (weak only)
gender masculine neuter feminine
case singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative frōworo frōworu frōwora frōworu frōwora frōworu
accusative frōworun frōworun frōwora frōworun frōworun frōworun
genitive frōworun frōworonō frōworun frōworonō frōworun frōworonō
dative frōworun frōworum frōworun frōworum frōworun frōworum
Superlative forms of frō
Strong declension
gender masculine neuter feminine
case singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative frōwost frōwoste frōwost frōwoste frōwost frōwostu
accusative frōwostana frōwoste frōwost frōwoste frōwosta frōwostu
genitive frōwostes frōwostarō frōwostes frōwostarō frōwostaro frōwostarō
dative frōwostumu frōwostum frōwostumu frōwostum frōwostaro frōwostum
Weak declension
gender masculine neuter feminine
case singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative frōwosto frōwostu frōwosta frōwostu frōwosta frōwostu
accusative frōwostun frōwostun frōwosta frōwostun frōwostun frōwostun
genitive frōwostun frōwostonō frōwostun frōwostonō frōwostun frōwostonō
dative frōwostun frōwostum frōwostun frōwostum frōwostun frōwostum


Welsh

Noun

fro

  1. Soft mutation of bro.

Etymology

From Middle English fro, fra, from Old English fra ‎(“from”), from Old Norse frá ‎(“from”), from Proto-Germanic *fram ‎(“from”), from Proto-Indo-European *promo- ‎(“forth, forward”). Cognate with Scots frae ‎(“fro, from”), Icelandic frá ‎(“from”). More at from.

Pronunciation

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