frons

a frown, a furrow of one's eyebrows or forehead

Pronounced as (IPA)

/frɔns/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French: fronce

In summary

Borrowed from Middle French fronce, from Old French fronce, from Frankish *hrunkja (“wrinkle”) from Proto-Germanic *hrunkijō, *hrunkitō (“fold, wrinkle”), from Proto-Indo-European *sker- (“to turn, bend”). The semantic narrowing to frowns on the forehead may be influenced by unrelated Latin frōns.

Concepts

wrinkle

frown

furrow

rifling

scowl

slot

groove

fluting

chamfer

Synonyms

rimpel

vore

zog

groef

voor

geul

kreuk

fronsen

gleuf

plooi

sleuf

cannelure

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Translations

Furche

sillon

ride

Runzel

Falte

rego

calha

sulco

Strinrunzeln

froncement

Stirnrunzeln

froncement de sourcils

air désapprobateur

mine renfrogné

air menaçant