Added 9 October 2026
frog
/fɹɒɡ/ noun
In Latin: rāna Wiktionary
noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about frog at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- Any of a class of small tailless amphibians of the order Anura that typically hop.
- A member of this class that is not a toad.
- 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.
verb
noun
- A French person.
- A French-speaking person from Quebec.
noun
- A leather or fabric loop used to attach a sword or bayonet, or its scabbard, to a waist or shoulder belt.
- An ornate fastener for clothing consisting of an oblong button, toggle, or knot, that fits through a loop.
- A device used to secure stems in a floral arrangement, also called a flower frog or kenzan.
Origin
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).
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