Complete Definition of "frog"

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Etymology
From OE. frogga, pet name for frox, frosc.

Pronunciation
Image:Agalychnis_callidryas.jpg|thumb|right|A frog (amphibian).
audio|en-us-frog.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|�ɡ

Noun
en-noun

  1. A small hopping amphibian.
  2. A fastener for clothing consisting of a button that fits through a loop.
  3. The end of a violin bow (or that of other similar string instruments such as the viola, cello and contrabass) held by the player.
  4. Cockney rhyming slang road|Road. Shorter, more common form of frog and toad.
  5. context|UK|pejorative|racial slur A French person.
  6. context|Canadian English|pejorative A French-speaking person from Quebec.
  7. The depression in the upper face of a pressed or handmade clay brick.
  8. An organ on the bottom of a horse�s hoof that assists in the circulation of blood.
  9. The part of a railway switch or turnout where the tracks cross (from the resemblance to the frog in a horse's hoof).
Translations
trans-top|amphibian
Afrikaans padda
Albanian: bretkosë
Arabic: ARchar|ض�دع (�ífda�)� m
Aramaic: פקע�
Basque: igel
Bosnian: t-|bs|žaba|f
Bulgarian: t+|bg|жаба|f|trzhaba|scCyrl
Catalan: granota f
Chinese: �� (qīng w�)
Crimean Tatar: baka, suvbaka
Croatian: t+|hr|žaba
Czech: t+|cs|žába|f
Danish: frø c
Dutch: kikker m, kikvors m
Erzya: ва��ак� (vatraksh), вед� ва��ак� (ved vatraksh)
Esperanto: t-|eo|rano|xs=Esperanto
Estonian: konn
Ewe: akp�kpl� n
Faroese: t-|fo|froskur|m|xs=Faroese
Finnish: t+|fi|sammakko
French: t+|fr|grenouille|f
German: t+|de|Frosch|m
Greek: βά��α�ο� (vátrakhos) m
Hawaiian Pidgin: bufo
Hebrew: צפר�ע|צְפַרְ�ֵעַ (tsfardea) m
Hindi: म��ढ� (mendhak) m, म��ढ�� (mendhki) f, म��ड� (me.n.dak) m, म��ड�� (me.n.duk) m
Hungarian: t+|hu|béka
Icelandic: t+|is|froskur|m
Indonesian: t+|id|kodok|xsIndonesian, t+|id|katak|xsIndonesian
Irish: t-|ga|frog|m|xs=Irish
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Italian: t+|it|rana|f
Japanese: � (���, kaeru; ���, kawazu, historical ���)
Korean: �구리 (gaeguri), 머구리 (meoguri)
Kurdish: t+|ku|ب��|sc=KUchar
Latin: t-|la|rana|f|alt=r�na
Latvian: t-|lv|varde|f|xs=Latvian
Lithuanian: varl� f
Maltese: żrinġ m
Marathi: ब�ड�� (be.duk)
Mongolian: t-|mn|м�л�ий|trmelkhii|scCyrl|xs=Mongolian
Norwegian: t+|no|frosk|m
Polish: t+|pl|żaba|f
Portuguese: t+|pt|rã|f
Romanian: broasc� f, brotac m
Russian: t+|ru|л�г��ка|f|trljagúška|scCyrl
Scottish Gaelic: losgann m/f
Serbian:

Sicilian: giurana f
Slovak: t-|sk|žaba|f
Slovene: t+|sl|žaba|f
Somali: t-|so|rah|xs=Somali
Spanish: t+|es|rana|f
Swahili: chura (nc 7/8)
Swedish: groda c
Telugu: t|te|�ప�ప|sc=Telu (kappa)
Urdu: URchar|Ù�Û�Ù�Ú�Ú© (men.dak/men.duk) g|Urdu
Welsh: broga, llyffant g|Welsh
trans-bottom

trans-top|end of a string instrument's bow
Icelandic: t+|is|froskur|m
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|organ in a horse's foot
Irish: t-|ga|frog|m|xs=Irish
trans-mid
Russian: t+|ru|���елка|f|sc=Cyrl
trans-bottom

trans-top|part of a railway
trans-mid
Russian: к�е��овина f
trans-bottom

Derived terms
froggy
frogman
tree frog
fine as frog hair, finer than frog hair
a frog in one's throat

Related terms
amphibian
tadpole
toad

Verb
en-verb|frog|g|ed

  1. To unravel a knitted garment.
  2. To ornament or fasten a coat, etc. with trogs.

Derived terms
frog stitch

References
R:Webster 1913|frog

Category:Amphibians
Category:Anatomy
Category:Ethnic slurs
Category:Horses


Irish

Noun
frog m

  1. #English|frog

Declension
ga noun m1|f|rog|roig|plroganna|strongyes

Category:Irish nouns
Category:ga:Amphibians

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