"fronteau" meaning in All languages combined

See fronteau on Wiktionary

Noun [French]

IPA: /fʁɔ̃.to/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-fronteau.wav [France, Lyon], LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-fronteau.wav [France] (note: Somain) Forms: fronteaux [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French fronteaus, plural of frontel, variant of frontal with a change of suffix (compare frontail as well). Cf. also Medieval Latin frontalis, Latin frontalia, frontale (“frontlet”). Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|fronteaus|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French fronteaus, {{inh+|fr|fro|fronteaus}} Inherited from Old French fronteaus, {{der|fr|la|frontalia}} Latin frontalia Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} fronteau m (plural fronteaux)
  1. frontlet Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-fronteau-fr-noun-FQKcZvyz
  2. phylactery (when worn on the forehead) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-fronteau-fr-noun--LvvO2fH Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Horse tack, Judaism Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 97 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 97 Disambiguation of Horse tack: 0 100 Disambiguation of Judaism: 0 100

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