How do you pronounce froth?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfɹɒθ/.

Where does froth come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

froth

/ˈfɹɒθ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.75 in modern English

Syllables: froth
IPA: /ˈfɹɒθ/

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Meaning

noun

Foam.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Unimportant or insubstantial talk, events, or actions; drivel.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The idle rich.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Highly speculative investment.

Countable; Uncountable

verb

To create froth in (a liquid).

Transitive verb

verb

(of a liquid) To bubble.

Intransitive verb

verb

To spit, vent, or eject, as froth.

Transitive verb

verb

(literally) To spew saliva as froth; (figuratively) to rage, vent one's anger.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"Froth is a very important feature of many types of coffee."
"He replaced her again breadthwise on the couch, unable to sit up, with her thighs open, between which I could observe a kind of white liquid, like froth, hanging about the outward lips of that recently opened wound, which now glowed with a deeper red."
"Froth or scum at the paper machine consists largely of clay, rosin, and starch."
"Shortly after we started, while still off the lower end of the island, we sighted a steep point on the coast where the sea was in a great state of turmoil, white with soapy froth."
"Thousands of African children die each day: why do the newspapers continue to discuss unnecessary showbiz froth?"
"The discussion at the conference was mostly froth and posturing."

Etymology

From Middle English froth, frooth, froþ, likely a borrowing from Old Norse froða, from Proto-Germanic *fruþǭ; Old English āfrēoþan (“to foam, froth”) is from same Germanic root. Verb attested from late 14th century. Compare Swedish fradga.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: froth, froða, *fruþǭ

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈfɹɒθ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

froths (plural) froths (present, singular) frothing (participle, present) frothed (participle, past) frothed (past)

Derived Forms

afroth frother frothery frothless frothsome frothy

Phrases

froth flotation froth fly froth-hopper froth insect froth pack froth spit froth worm froth at the gash

Synonyms

foam spume suds fizz effervesce sparkle form bubbles

Rhymes With

cloth roth moth broth doth auth schroth krauth lauth fauth kauth rauth

froth

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