frond
/fɹɑnd/noun
frond is a noun meaning “The leaf of a fern, especially a compound leaf” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-R-O-N-D and has one syllable, and it appears about once in every 6 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of frond is fronds.
What does frond mean?
noun
- 1
The leaf of a fern, especially a compound leaf.
- 2
Any fern-like leaf or other object resembling a fern leaf.
palm frond
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce frond?
- UK /fɹɒnd/
- US /fɹɑnd/
Frond has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-frond.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of frond
- fronds plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is frond?
Frond appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 72,332nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Frond in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | fronde |
| German | Farnwedel, Wedel, Farnkrautwedel , Palmwedel |
| Portuguese | fronde |
| Spanish | fronda, fronde |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does frond come from?
Borrowed from Latin frons, frond- (“leafy branch”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).