frø

See also: fro, fró, and frö

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /frœː/, [fʁ̥œːˀ]

Etymology 1

From Old Danish frødh, from Old Norse frauðr.

Noun

frø c (singular definite frøen, plural indefinite frøer)

  1. frog
Inflection

Etymology 2

From Old Danish frø. The same as Swedish frö. Compare Old West Norse fræ, frjó, Icelandic fræ, Faroese fræ, dialectal Norwegian fræ, frjô, frø (standard nynorsk frø).

Noun

frø n (singular definite frøet, plural indefinite frø)

  1. seed (fertilized grain)
Inflection

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

frø n (definite singular frøet, indefinite plural frø, definite plural frøa or frøene)

  1. a seed

Derived terms

Verb

frø (present tense frør, simple past frødde, past participle frødd)

  1. (of a plant; reflexive) frø seg (selv) - to seed (itself), to self-seed

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse frjó and fræ. Akin to English fry.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /frøː/

Noun

frø n (definite singular frøet, indefinite plural frø, definite plural frøa)

  1. a seed

Derived terms

References

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