le
/fʁɔ̃/
Translation
forehead, brow; also the front in war or politics, but never the front of an object
Word origin
From Latin frons, frontem ('forehead, brow'), which also carried the sense of the foremost line of an army. English 'front', 'frontier' and 'affront' come from the same root, but the everyday English sense of the front of a house or a queue is 'devant' in French, not 'front'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- frontem
- English cognates
- front, frontier, affront, effrontery
Grammar
Examples
l' .
She put a hand on the child's forehead to check for a temperature.
mèche .
A lock of hair was falling across his forehead.
l'.
The soldiers left for the front at dawn.
réformes .
The government is pushing through two reforms at the same time.
l'.
He had the nerve to ask me for money.
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