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Webster 1913 Edition

Frond

Frond

(frŏnd)
,
Noun.
[L.
frons
,
frondis
, a leafy branch, foliage.]
(Bot.)
The organ formed by the combination or union into one body of stem and leaf, and often bearing the fructification;
as, the
frond
of a fern or of a lichen or seaweed
; also, the peculiar leaf of a palm tree.

Webster 1828 Edition

Frond

FROND

,
Noun.
[L. frons, frondis. the sense is a shoot or shooting forward, as in frons, frontis.]
In botany, a term which Linne applies to the peculiar leafing of palms and ferns. He defines it, a kind of stem which has the branch united with the leaf and frequently with the fructification. The term seems to import the union of a leaf and a branch.

Definition 2024

Frönd

Frönd

See also: frond

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

  • Frend, Frind (Moselle Franconian)
  • Frönk (Ripuarian, now chiefly western dialects)
  • Fründ (Kölsch)

Noun

Frönd m ‎(plural Frönn or Frönde, diminutive Fröndche)

  1. (many dialects of Ripuarian) friend
    Hä es ene jode Frönd vo’ mir.
    He’s a good friend of mine.

Usage notes

  • The plural Frönn is used in most of those southern Ripuarian dialects in which Frönd is the native form of the word. The plural Frönde is used in dialects that have replaced native Frönk with Frönd.

Derived terms

  • Fröndschaff

Etymology

From Old High German (*)friund, northern variant of friunt. The forms with -ö- (and Moselle Franconian -e-) imply a rather early shortening of the vowel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fʀønt/

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