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Noun [English]

IPA: /fɹaʊst/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-frowst.wav Forms: frowsts [plural], froust [alternative]
Rhymes: -aʊst Etymology: Back-formation of frowsty. Etymology templates: {{back-form|en|frowsty}} Back-formation of frowsty Head templates: {{en-noun}} frowst (plural frowsts)
  1. Stuffiness; stifling warmth in a room. Synonyms: fustiness Synonyms (stuffiness, stifling warmth): stuffiness Translations (stuffiness; stifling warmth in a room): задух (zaduh) [masculine] (Bulgarian), спарен въздух (sparen vǎzduh) [masculine] (Bulgarian), touffeur (French), mofette (French), за́дув (záduv) [masculine] (Macedonian), zaduch [masculine] (Polish), stęchlizna [feminine] (Polish), духота́ (duxotá) [feminine] (Russian), спёртость (spjórtostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), tufo (Spanish), tufarada (Spanish), mofeta (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-frowst-en-noun-2iCaACKv Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English back-formations: 78 22 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 91 9

Verb [English]

IPA: /fɹaʊst/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-frowst.wav Forms: frowsts [present, singular, third-person], frowsting [participle, present], frowsted [participle, past], frowsted [past], froust [alternative]
Rhymes: -aʊst Etymology: Back-formation of frowsty. Etymology templates: {{back-form|en|frowsty}} Back-formation of frowsty Head templates: {{en-verb}} frowst (third-person singular simple present frowsts, present participle frowsting, simple past and past participle frowsted)
  1. (intransitive) To enjoy being in a warm, close, stuffy place. Tags: intransitive Translations (to enjoy a warm, stuffy room): стоя на затворено (stoja na zatvoreno) (Bulgarian), se calfeutrer (French), se cloîtrer (French), s’enfermer (French), turarsi (Italian), encerrarse (Spanish), enclaustrarse (Spanish), recluirse (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-frowst-en-verb-ZHInm9s3

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Alternative forms

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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊst"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "stoja na zatvoreno",
      "sense": "to enjoy a warm, stuffy room",
      "word": "стоя на затворено"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to enjoy a warm, stuffy room",
      "word": "se calfeutrer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to enjoy a warm, stuffy room",
      "word": "se cloîtrer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to enjoy a warm, stuffy room",
      "word": "s’enfermer"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to enjoy a warm, stuffy room",
      "word": "turarsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "note": "schować się (w bezpiecznym, ciepłym miejscu)",
      "sense": "to enjoy a warm, stuffy room"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to enjoy a warm, stuffy room",
      "word": "encerrarse"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to enjoy a warm, stuffy room",
      "word": "enclaustrarse"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to enjoy a warm, stuffy room",
      "word": "recluirse"
    }
  ],
  "word": "frowst"
}

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  "msg": "Translation too long compared to word, so it is skipped",
  "path": [
    "frowst"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "frowst",
  "trace": ""
}

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