"front" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /fʁɔ̃/ Audio: Fr-front.ogg Forms: fronts [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French front, from Latin frontem, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰron-t-, from *bʰren- (“project”). Etymology templates: {{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-, {{m|ine-pro|*bʰren-||project}} *bʰren- (“project”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} front m (plural fronts)
  1. forehead Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Face
    Sense id: en-front-fr-noun-KeG-dlSk Disambiguation of Face: 98 2 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 73 27
  2. (military) front, frontline Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-front-fr-noun-1zbZGMTh 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

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "à la sueur de son front"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "front intérieur"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Front National"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ligne de front"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "mener de front"
    }
  ],
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt-BR",
            "2": "fronte",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Brazilian Portuguese: fronte",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Brazilian Portuguese: fronte"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bg",
            "2": "фронт",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Bulgarian: фронт (front)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bulgarian: фронт (front)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cs",
            "2": "front",
            "3": "fronta",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Czech: front, fronta",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Czech: front, fronta"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Front",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Front\n→ Hungarian: front\n→ Russian: фронт (front)\n→ Bashkir: фронт (front)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Front\n→ Hungarian: front\n→ Russian: фронт (front)\n→ Bashkir: фронт (front)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ga",
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            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Irish: fronta",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Irish: fronta"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mk",
            "2": "фронт",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Macedonian: фронт (front)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Macedonian: фронт (front)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nb",
            "2": "front",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: front",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: front"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "front",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: front",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: front"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Serbo-Croatian:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Serbo-Croatian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "frȍnt",
            "alts": "1",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin script: frȍnt, frònta",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin script: frȍnt, frònta"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "фро̏нт",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Cyrillic script: фро̏нт",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Cyrillic script: фро̏нт"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "front",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: front",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: front"
    }
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        "4": "",
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        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
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        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
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        "3": "front"
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        "2": "la",
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    },
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        "3": "*bʰron-t-"
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
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        "3": "",
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    }
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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    }
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  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "frontal"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sinciput"
    }
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          "_dis": "73 27",
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          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
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            "Body parts",
            "Body",
            "Anatomy",
            "Human",
            "Biology",
            "Medicine",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
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      ],
      "id": "en-front-fr-noun-KeG-dlSk",
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          "forehead",
          "forehead"
        ]
      ],
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        "masculine"
      ]
    },
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        {
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          "langcode": "fr",
          "name": "Military",
          "orig": "fr:Military",
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            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        "front, frontline"
      ],
      "id": "en-front-fr-noun-1zbZGMTh",
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        [
          "military",
          "military"
        ],
        [
          "front",
          "#Noun"
        ],
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          "frontline",
          "frontline"
        ]
      ],
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        "(military) front, frontline"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fʁɔ̃/"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "ferons"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "feront"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-front.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1e/Fr-front.ogg/Fr-front.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/Fr-front.ogg",
      "text": "audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "front"
}
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    "French countable nouns",
    "French entries with incorrect language header",
    "French lemmas",
    "French masculine nouns",
    "French nouns",
    "French terms derived from Latin",
    "French terms derived from Old French",
    "French terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "French terms inherited from Latin",
    "French terms inherited from Old French",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "French terms with audio links",
    "French terms with homophones",
    "fr:Face"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "à la sueur de son front"
    },
    {
      "word": "front intérieur"
    },
    {
      "word": "Front National"
    },
    {
      "word": "ligne de front"
    },
    {
      "word": "mener de front"
    }
  ],
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt-BR",
            "2": "fronte",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Brazilian Portuguese: fronte",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Brazilian Portuguese: fronte"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bg",
            "2": "фронт",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bulgarian: фронт (front)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bulgarian: фронт (front)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cs",
            "2": "front",
            "3": "fronta",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Czech: front, fronta",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Czech: front, fronta"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Front",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Front\n→ Hungarian: front\n→ Russian: фронт (front)\n→ Bashkir: фронт (front)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Front\n→ Hungarian: front\n→ Russian: фронт (front)\n→ Bashkir: фронт (front)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ga",
            "2": "fronta",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Irish: fronta",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Irish: fronta"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mk",
            "2": "фронт",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Macedonian: фронт (front)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Macedonian: фронт (front)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nb",
            "2": "front",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: front",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: front"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "front",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: front",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: front"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Serbo-Croatian:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Serbo-Croatian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "frȍnt",
            "alts": "1",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin script: frȍnt, frònta",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin script: frȍnt, frònta"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "фро̏нт",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Cyrillic script: фро̏нт",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Cyrillic script: фро̏нт"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "front",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: front",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: front"
    }
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        "id": "",
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      "name": "der"
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  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "frontal"
    },
    {
      "word": "sinciput"
    }
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        "forehead"
      ],
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          "forehead"
        ]
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        "masculine"
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      ],
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        "masculine"
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        "military",
        "politics",
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    {
      "ipa": "/fʁɔ̃/"
    },
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      "homophone": "ferons"
    },
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      "homophone": "feront"
    },
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      "audio": "Fr-front.ogg",
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