frosh

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

A frog.

Verb

1. (slang, transitive) To initiate academic freshmen, notably in a testing way.
2. (slang, transitive) To damage through incompetence.

Sinonieme

fresher

freshman

Vertalings

Fuchs

🦊

baptiser

bleu

bizuter

dopen

schacht

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/fɹɔʃ/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: frossh

Geërf van Old English: frosc

Verwante met Fries: froask

Verwante met Nederlands: vors

Verwante met Duits: Frosch

Verwante met Noors: frosk

Verwante met Yslands: froskur

In summary

From Middle English frossh, frosch, from Old English frosc, from Proto-Germanic *fruskaz (“frog”), from Proto-Indo-European *prew- (“to jump, hop”). Cognate with West Frisian froask (“frog”), Dutch vors (“frog”), German Frosch (“frog”), Norwegian frosk (“frog”), Icelandic froskur (“frog”). Doublet of frosk; more at frog.