"front" meaning in French

See front in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /fʁɔ̃/ Audio: Fr-front.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-GrandCelinien-front.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-front.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-front.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-front.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-front.wav Forms: fronts [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French front, from Latin frontem, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰron-t-, from *bʰren- (“project”). Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|front|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French front, {{inh+|fr|fro|front}} Inherited from Old French front, {{inh|fr|la|frōns|frontem}} Latin frontem, {{der|fr|ine-pro|*bʰron-t-}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰron-t- Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} front m (plural fronts)
  1. forehead Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-front-fr-noun-KeG-dlSk Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 69 31
  2. (military) front, frontline Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-front-fr-noun-1zbZGMTh Categories (other): Military Topics: government, military, politics, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: à la sueur de son front, front intérieur, Front National, ligne de front, mener de front Related terms: frontal, sinciput
Categories (other): Face Disambiguation of Face: 0 0

Inflected forms

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    },
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}

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