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frunte

forehead /ˈfrun.te/

noun#3176 most common

Also: brow, front/head position (in fixed phrases like 'în frunte')

Example sentences

Bunica are o frunte încrețită.
Grandma has a wrinkled forehead.
Mi-am lovit fruntea de ușă.
I hit my forehead on the door.
Sudoarea îi curgea pe frunte după alergare.
Sweat ran down his forehead after running.
A stat în fruntea clasamentului tot sezonul.
He stayed at the top of the standings all season.
Mergea în fruntea coloanei de manifestanți.
He walked at the head of the column of protesters.
Cu fruntea sus, a acceptat verdictul juriului, deși nu era de acord.
With his head held high, he accepted the jury's verdict, though he disagreed.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativefruntefrunți
Genitivefrunțiifrunților
Accusativefruntefrunți
Vocativefruntefrunți

Word family

fruntașleader; front-ranking, top
înfruntato confront, to face up toconfruntato confront, to compare
de frunteleading, foremost, top

Etymology

Frunte descends from Latin frontem, the accusative form of frons, meaning forehead or front part. The word passed down through spoken Latin into Romanian with regular sound changes, keeping both its literal sense and its extended sense of "the front" or "the leading position." The same Latin root gave related words in the other Romance languages.

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