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Adjective [English]

Forms: more frow [comparative], most frow [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English frow, frough, frogh, frouh, frouȝ (“brittle; tender; fickle; slack; loose”), cognate with Scots frooch, freuch (“dry and brittle”). Of obscure origin. Perhaps also related to Middle Dutch vro, vroo, Middle Low German vrô, German froh. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|frow}} Middle English frow, {{m|enm|frough}} frough, {{m|enm|frogh}} frogh, {{m|enm|frouh}} frouh, {{m|enm|frouȝ||brittle; tender; fickle; slack; loose}} frouȝ (“brittle; tender; fickle; slack; loose”), {{cog|sco|frooch}} Scots frooch, {{m|sco|freuch||dry and brittle}} freuch (“dry and brittle”), {{cog|dum|vro}} Middle Dutch vro, {{m|dum|vroo}} vroo, {{cog|gml|vrô}} Middle Low German vrô, {{cog|de|froh}} German froh Head templates: {{en-adj}} frow (comparative more frow, superlative most frow)
  1. (now chiefly dialectal) Brittle; tender; crisp Tags: dialectal Categories (topical): People Derived forms: frowish
    Sense id: en-frow-en-adj--GMdny0Z Disambiguation of People: 37 0 24 12 27 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English heteronyms Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 4 7 11 10 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 65 3 7 15 10 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 64 4 8 17 7 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 61 7 13 10 9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun [English]

IPA: /fɹaʊ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-frow.wav [Southern-England] Forms: frows [plural]
Rhymes: -aʊ Etymology: From Middle Dutch vrouwe (“lady”), from Old Dutch *frōwa, from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *frawjǭ (“lady, mistress”), from Proto-Indo-European *prōw- (“right; judge, master”). Cognate with Dutch vrouw (“woman, wife, lady, mistress”), Low German frouw, frauw (“woman, wife, lady”), German Frau (“woman, wife, lady”), Swedish fru, Icelandic freyja (“lady, mistress”, in compounds), Old English frōwe (“woman”), Old English frēa (“lord, master, husband”). Doublet of frau and vrouw. Etymology templates: {{der|en|dum|vrouwe||lady}} Middle Dutch vrouwe (“lady”), {{der|en|odt|*frōwa}} Old Dutch *frōwa, {{der|en|gmw-pro|}} Proto-West Germanic [Term?], {{der|en|gem-pro|*frawjǭ||lady, mistress}} Proto-Germanic *frawjǭ (“lady, mistress”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*prōw-||right; judge, master}} Proto-Indo-European *prōw- (“right; judge, master”), {{cog|nl|vrouw||woman, wife, lady, mistress}} Dutch vrouw (“woman, wife, lady, mistress”), {{cog|nds|frouw}} Low German frouw, {{m|nds|frauw||woman, wife, lady}} frauw (“woman, wife, lady”), {{cog|de|Frau||woman, wife, lady}} German Frau (“woman, wife, lady”), {{cog|sv|fru}} Swedish fru, {{cog|is|freyja||lady, mistress|pos=in compounds}} Icelandic freyja (“lady, mistress”, in compounds), {{cog|ang|frōwe||woman}} Old English frōwe (“woman”), {{cog|ang|frēa||lord, master, husband}} Old English frēa (“lord, master, husband”), {{doublet|en|frau|vrouw}} Doublet of frau and vrouw Head templates: {{en-noun}} frow (plural frows)
  1. A woman; a wife, especially a Dutch or German one.
    Sense id: en-frow-en-noun-14eyV4vt
  2. (obsolete) A slovenly woman; a wench; a lusty woman. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-frow-en-noun-d-dv3XjZ
  3. (obsolete) A big, fat woman; a slovenly, coarse, or untidy woman; a woman of low character. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-frow-en-noun-bjUHvhE3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

IPA: /fɹəʊ/, /fɹoʊ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-frow2.wav [Southern-England] Forms: frows [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊ, -oʊ Head templates: {{en-noun}} frow (plural frows)
  1. Alternative spelling of froe (“cleaving tool”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: froe (extra: cleaving tool) Categories (topical): Tools
    Sense id: en-frow-en-noun-XZqDWkQf Disambiguation of Tools: 25 15 13 10 38
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [Sranan Tongo]

Etymology: From Dutch vrouw. Etymology templates: {{bor|srn|nl|vrouw}} Dutch vrouw Head templates: {{head|srn|noun}} frow
  1. woman Synonyms: uma
    Sense id: en-frow-srn-noun-zy5b~x7w Categories (other): Sranan Tongo entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Sranan Tongo entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
  2. wife Synonyms: wefi
    Sense id: en-frow-srn-noun-nVKjyOTW Categories (other): Sranan Tongo entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Sranan Tongo entries with incorrect language header: 50 50

Inflected forms

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        "(obsolete) A big, fat woman; a slovenly, coarse, or untidy woman; a woman of low character."
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        "1": "de",
        "2": "froh"
      },
      "expansion": "German froh",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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      "form": "most frow",
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    "Sranan Tongo lemmas",
    "Sranan Tongo nouns",
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    "Sranan Tongo terms derived from Dutch"
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