frotter
Meaning
- to rub, chafe
- to scrub, scour
- to scrape
- to stone
- (informal) to rub (someone) in the wrong way, to get on (someone)'s bad side
Concepts
rub hard
rub against
rub forcefully
be troubled about
worry over
Synonyms
se frotter
enlever en frottant
s’inquiéter
faire revenir -aliment-
frayer
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/fʁɔ.te/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle French frotter, from Old French froter (“to stroke, wipe, rub”), of uncertain origin. Generally assumed to be from Latin frictāre , present active infinitive of frictō, frequentative of fricō through its past participle frictus (“rubbed”).
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