fronce

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French fronce, from Old French fronce, fronche (“frown, wrinkles, small creases in cloth”), from Frankish *hrunkiju (“wrinkle, rumple”) from Proto-Germanic *hrunkijō, *hrunkitō (“fold, wrinkle”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). Akin to Old High German runza (“fold, wrinkle, crease”) (German Runzel (“wrinkle”)), Middle Dutch ronse (“frown”), Old Norse hrukka (“wrinkle, crease”) (Icelandic hrukka (“wrinkle, crease, ruck”)). More at ruck. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fʁɔ̃s/ === Noun === fronce f (plural fronces) a frown; scowl === Verb === fronce inflection of froncer: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “fronce”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === foncer == Middle English == === Noun === fronce alternative form of frounce == Middle French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French fronce, from Frankish *hrunkiju (“wrinkle”) from Proto-Germanic *hrunkijō, *hrunkitō (“fold, wrinkle”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). === Noun === fronce f (plural fronces) crease; wrinkle (usually in clothes) ==== Descendants ==== French: fronce → Middle English: frounce, ffrownce, fronce, frownceEnglish: frounce === References === Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “fronce”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC. == Old French == === Alternative forms === fronche, frunce, frunche === Etymology === Borrowed from Frankish *hrunkiju (“wrinkle”) from Proto-Germanic *hrunkijō, *hrunkitō (“fold, wrinkle”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). === Noun === fronce oblique singular, f (oblique plural fronces, nominative singular fronce, nominative plural fronces) wrinkle (of the skin) ==== Derived terms ==== fronchal ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: fronceFrench: fronce→ Middle English: frounce, ffrownce, fronce, frownceEnglish: frounce === References === Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “fronce”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC.