"fronte" meaning in Italian

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfron.te/ Forms: fronti [plural]
Rhymes: -onte Etymology: Inherited from Latin frontem (“forehead”). For sense 2 compare the Latin etymon and derivatives in Italian like sfrontato (“shameless”). Cognate with Sicilian frunti. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|it|la|frōns|frontem|forehead|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin frontem (“forehead”), {{inh+|it|la|frōns|frontem|t=forehead}} Inherited from Latin frontem (“forehead”), {{langname|it}} Italian, {{senseno|it|shame}} sense 2, {{cog|scn|frunti}} Sicilian frunti Head templates: {{it-noun|f}} fronte f (plural fronti)
  1. (anatomy) forehead, brow Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-fronte-it-noun-b4BHBxK5 Categories (other): Anatomy Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  2. (literary, figurative) one's feelings, especially of shame Tags: feminine, figuratively, literary
    Sense id: en-fronte-it-noun-it:shame
  3. (poetry, prosody) the two initial quatrains of an Italian sonnet Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-fronte-it-noun-CsHI0OsO Categories (other): Poetry, Prosody, Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 4 6 56 30 0 4 Topics: communications, human-sciences, journalism, linguistics, literature, media, phonology, poetry, prosody, publishing, sciences, writing
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Face Disambiguation of Face: 0 0 0 0 0 0

Noun

IPA: /ˈfron.te/ Forms: fronti [plural]
Rhymes: -onte Etymology: Inherited from Latin frontem (“forehead”). For sense 2 compare the Latin etymon and derivatives in Italian like sfrontato (“shameless”). Cognate with Sicilian frunti. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|it|la|frōns|frontem|forehead|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin frontem (“forehead”), {{inh+|it|la|frōns|frontem|t=forehead}} Inherited from Latin frontem (“forehead”), {{langname|it}} Italian, {{senseno|it|shame}} sense 2, {{cog|scn|frunti}} Sicilian frunti Head templates: {{it-noun|m}} fronte m (plural fronti)
  1. (meteorology) squall line, front Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-fronte-it-noun-DRBIoq68 Categories (other): Meteorology, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries, Meteorology Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 4 10 25 42 1 1 1 1 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 12 26 44 1 1 1 1 13 Disambiguation of Meteorology: 6 2 6 83 1 2 Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences
  2. (military) front Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-fronte-it-noun-LY1pMXes Categories (other): Military Topics: government, military, politics, war
  3. opposite Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-fronte-it-noun-2fYsKtCt
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: far fronte a, fronte temporalesco Related terms: difronte, frontale
Categories (other): Face Disambiguation of Face: 0 0 0 0 0 0

Inflected forms

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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Latin frontem (“forehead”). For sense 2 compare the Latin etymon and derivatives in Italian like sfrontato (“shameless”). Cognate with Sicilian frunti.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fronti",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "fronte m (plural fronti)",
      "name": "it-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "frón‧te"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "frón‧te"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "difronte"
    },
    {
      "word": "frontale"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "it:Meteorology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "squall line, front"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "meteorology",
          "meteorology"
        ],
        [
          "squall line",
          "squall line"
        ],
        [
          "front",
          "front"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(meteorology) squall line, front"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "climatology",
        "meteorology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "it:Military"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "front"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "military",
          "military"
        ],
        [
          "front",
          "front"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(military) front"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "opposite"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "opposite",
          "opposite"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfron.te/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-onte"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fronte"
}

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