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frogspawn

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A gelatinous mass of frogs' eggs, laid in ponds and ditches.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From frog + spawn.

Across languages

Translations

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: ous de granota — frogs' eggs
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蛙卵 (wāluǎn) — frogs' eggs
  • Danish: frøyngel — frogs' eggs
  • Dutch: kikkerdril — frogs' eggs
  • Finnish: sammakonkutu — frogs' eggs
  • French: œufs de grenouille — frogs' eggs
  • German: Froschlaich — frogs' eggs
  • Greek: αβγά βατράχου (avgá vatráchou) — frogs' eggs
  • Hebrew: ביצי צפרדע — frogs' eggs
  • Hungarian: békapete — frogs' eggs
  • Ingrian: konnankutu — frogs' eggs
  • Ingrian: konnankiisseli — frogs' eggs
  • Irish: glóthach fhroig — frogs' eggs
  • Irish: sceathrach fhroig — frogs' eggs
  • Irish: sceith fhroig — frogs' eggs
  • Italian: uova di rana — frogs' eggs
  • Japanese: 蛙の卵 (kaeru no tamago) — frogs' eggs
  • Lithuanian: kurkulai — frogs' eggs
  • Norwegian Bokmål: froskerogn — frogs' eggs
  • Polish: skrzek — frogs' eggs
  • Portuguese: ovas de rã — frogs' eggs
  • Russian: лягуша́чья икра́ (ljagušáčʹja ikrá) — frogs' eggs
  • Samogitian: korkolā — frogs' eggs
  • Scottish Gaelic: sgeith-losgainn — frogs' eggs
  • Scottish Gaelic: glothagach — frogs' eggs
  • Spanish: huevas de rana — frogs' eggs
  • Swedish: grodrom — frogs' eggs
  • Tamil: தவளைச்சினை (tavaḷaicciṉai) — frogs' eggs
  • Turkish: kurbağa yumurtası — frogs' eggs
  • Ukrainian: жабери́на (žaberýna) — frogs' eggs
  • Volapük: froganögem — frogs' eggs