frother
verb, noun
frother is a verb meaning “To comfort” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-R-O-T-H-E-R, and it appears about once in every 26 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does frother mean?
verb
- 1
To comfort.
- 2
To feed.
noun
- 1
A machine that generates froth
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of frother
- frothers present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- frothering participle, present
- frothered participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is frother?
Frother appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 154,067th 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).
Frother in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a machine that generates froth:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Milchaufschäumer, Milchschäumer |
| Portuguese | espumador |
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 frother come from?
From Middle English frotheren, alteration of Middle English frovren, from Old English frōferian, frōfrian, frēfrian (“to console, comfort”), from Proto-West Germanic *frōbrijan (“to give solace or comfort”), of unclear origin. Cognate with Old Saxon frōvrian (“to console, comfort, help”), Old High German fluobren (“to console, comfort, help, assist”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).