Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

frond

/fɹɑnd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.23 in modern English

Syllables: frond
IPA: /fɹɑnd/

9

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The leaf of a fern, especially a compound leaf.

noun

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

Example Sentences

"By the bank, fifty yards below Elm Island, stood the Master, looking into water six inches deep. A fern frond, knocked off the bank upstream, came down turning like a little green dragon in the clear water."
"palm frond"
"Scores of coconut-shell fires blazed with their characteristic glaring white flame, throwing grotesque shadows on the brown thatched huts, dancing in fairylike shimmerings among the domes of coconut fronds, casting ghostly reaches of light through the adjacent graveyards, and silhouetting the forms of pareu-clad natives at work cleaning their fish or laying them on the live coals to broil."

Etymology

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

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /fɹɑnd/
British English: /fɹɒnd/

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.

Inflected Forms

fronds (plural)

Derived Forms

frondage fronded frondiferous frondiform frondless frondlet frondlike frondous frondy

Rhymes With

beyond bond respond blonde pond fond blond correspond wand monde conned durand

Questions

How do you pronounce frond?: The recorded pronunciation is /fɹɑnd/.
What does frond mean?: The leaf of a fern, especially a compound leaf.
Where does frond come from?: Borrowed from Latin frons, frond- (“leafy branch”).

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