froncer

Meaning

1. to scowl
2. (transitive) to gather (fabric)

Concepts

frown

gather

wrinkle

ruffle

scowl

purse

👛

furrow

wrinkle up

shirr

sourpuss

frowning

😦

knit

Synonyms

froncer les sourcils

rider

se froncer

refrogner

plisser

se rembrunir

se renfrogner

Translations

fruncir

increspare

çatmak

franzir

fronsen

frunzir

aggrottare

corrugare

inarcare

rimpelen

arricciare

kaş çatmak

sinirli bakmak

αγριοκοιτάζω

ein böses Gesicht machen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fʁɔ̃.se/

Etymology

Cognate with Old High German: runza

Cognate with German: Runzel

Cognate with Middle Dutch: ronse

Cognate with Old Norse: hrukka

Cognate with Icelandic: hrukka

In summary

From fronce "frown, scowl" from Middle French fronce, from Old French fronces, fronche "frown, wrinkles, small creases in cloth", from Frankish *hrunkja "wrinkle" from Proto-Germanic *hrunkijō, *hrunkitō (“fold, wrinkle”), from Proto-Indo-European *sker- (“to turn, bend”).
Akin to Old High German runza "fold, wrinkle, crease" (German Runzel "wrinkle"), Middle Dutch ronse "frown", Old Norse hrukka "wrinkle, crease" (Icelandic hrukka "wrinkle, crease, ruck"). More at ruck₂.