frog

(Inglês)

Noun

1. Any of a class of small tailless amphibians of the order Anura that typically hop.
2. The part of a violin bow (or that of other similar string instruments such as the viola, cello and contrabass) located at the end held by the player, to which the horsehair is attached.
3. (Cockney, slang) Synonym of road; clipping of less common frog and toad.
4. The depression in the upper face of a pressed or handmade clay brick.
5. An organ on the bottom of a horse’s hoof that assists in the circulation of blood.
6. The part of a railway switch or turnout where the running rails cross (from the resemblance to the frog in a horse’s hoof).
7. The part of a railroad overhead wire used to redirect a trolley pole from one wire to another at switches.
8. A type of fishing lure that resembles a frog.
9. (Malaysia, derogatory, slang) Defector: politician who switches to a different political party.

Verb

1. To hunt or trap frogs.
2. (transitive) To use a pronged plater to transfer (cells) to another plate.
3. (transitive) To spatchcock (a chicken).
4. (intransitive) To lie sprawled out like a frog; sploot.

Verb

To ornament or fasten a coat, etc. with frogs.

Verb

To unravel part of (a knitted garment), either to correct a mistake or to reclaim the thread or yarn.

Verb

To have sex with; fuck.

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/fɹɒɡ/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Herdado de inglês médio: frogge

Herdado de inglês arcaico: frogga

Cognato com nynorsk norueguês: fraug

Cognato com nórdico arcaico: frauki

Cognato com inglês: frosk

Cognato com Saterfriesisch: Poage

In summary

From Middle English frogge, from Old English frocga, from Proto-West Germanic *froggō (“frog”). Cognate with Old Norse frauki, and Old English frox, frosc, whence Modern English frosh and frosk (“frog”).
Possibly related to Saterland Frisian Poage (“frog”), German Low German Pogg, Pogge (“frog”).
Sense 5 (organ on a horse's hoof) is a calque of Ancient Greek βάτραχος (bátrakhos).

Conceitos

rã

sapo

rãs

râ

Anura

Anfíbios anuros

ranídeos

franceses

Sinônimos

toad

green frog

Gaul

toad frog

anuran

any kind

generic

salientian

French

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Frenchman

big

froggy

batrachian

tadpole

fucker

gink

gook

green

grifter

heck

jerk

lobster

🦞

lowlife

low life

raff

retch

riffraff

rip

rotter

schlep

schlepp

schmo

schmuck

schnook

scum

scut

shit

💩

slicker

slime

so and so

son of a bitch

son of a gun

stinker

thug

turd

French person

Gallic

ratfink

scumbag

poisonous insect

Traduções

grenouille

🐸

rana

🐸

rana

🐸

Frosch

🐸

kikker

🐸

kikvors

🐸

żaba

βάτραχος

granota

🐸

kurbağa

🐸

sapo

rana

🐸

ضفدع

🐸

ranocchio

rospo