frotis
Spanish, noun/ˈfɾotis/
frotis is spelled F-R-O-T-I-S (6 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 86,552nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Frotis is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “swab; smear” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Técnica de preparación de una sustancia sobre un portaobjetos para su examen al microscopio”.
What does frotis mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineswab; smear
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Técnica de preparación de una sustancia sobre un portaobjetos para su examen al microscopio
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce frotis?
- /ˈfɾotis/
- [ˈfɾo.t̪is]
- [ˈfɾot̪is]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to frotis
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is frotis in Spanish?
frotis appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).