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frond

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /fɹɒnd/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /fɹɑnd/
  • rhymes with -ɒnd
  • CMU ARPABET: F R AA1 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The leaf of a fern, especially a compound leaf.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any fern-like leaf or other object resembling a fern leaf.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • palm frond

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

compound leaf of a fern or palm or cycad

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: leaf, leafage, foliage

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin frons, frond- (“leafy branch”).

Across languages

Translations

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: съставен лист (sǎstaven list) — leaf of a fern
  • Catalan: fronda — leaf of a fern
  • Chinese Mandarin: 植物体 (zhíwùtǐ) — leaf of a fern
  • Czech: vějířovitý list — leaf of a fern
  • Dutch: varenblad — leaf of a fern
  • Esperanto: frondo — leaf of a fern
  • Finnish: saniaisen lehti — leaf of a fern
  • French: fronde — leaf of a fern
  • Galician: fronde — leaf of a fern
  • German: Farnwedel — leaf of a fern
  • German: Wedel — leaf of a fern
  • German: Farnkrautwedel — leaf of a fern
  • Haitian Creole: fwonn — leaf of a fern
  • Indonesian: ental — leaf of a fern
  • Italian: fronda — leaf of a fern
  • Kazakh: вайя (vaiä) — leaf of a fern
  • Māori: tētē — leaf of a fern
  • Māori: nīkau — leaf of a fern
  • Māori: rauhuru — leaf of a fern
  • Māori: tētēkura — leaf of a fern
  • Marathi: विपर्ण (viparṇa) — leaf of a fern
  • Persian: برگشاخه (barg-šâxe) — leaf of a fern
  • Polish: liść paproci — leaf of a fern
  • Portuguese: fronde — leaf of a fern
  • Russian: лист па́поротника (list páporotnika) — leaf of a fern
  • Russian: ва́йя (vájja) — leaf of a fern
  • Scottish Gaelic: geug-dhuilleagach — leaf of a fern
  • Spanish: fronda — leaf of a fern
  • Spanish: fronde — leaf of a fern
  • Tagalog: dakdahon — leaf of a fern
  • Ukrainian: вайя (vajja) — leaf of a fern
  • Finnish: lehti — leaf or object resembling a fern leaf
  • Finnish: saniaisen lehti — leaf or object resembling a fern leaf
  • German: Wedel — leaf or object resembling a fern leaf
  • German: Palmwedel — leaf or object resembling a fern leaf
  • Hawaiian: hā — leaf or object resembling a fern leaf
  • Māori: whā — leaf or object resembling a fern leaf
  • Polish: liść ozdobny — leaf or object resembling a fern leaf