frontissa

Catalan

Etymology

From earlier frantissa, either via Old Catalan frant, past participle of frànyer (“to break”), or directly from a Vulgar Latin *fractītia. Either way, ultimately from Latin frangō and modified by folk etymology due to being associated with front.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [fɾunˈti.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [fɾonˈti.sa]

Noun

frontissa f (plural frontisses)

1. hinge (device that allows the pivoting of a door)

   Synonyms: blegadissa, xarnera

2. (colloquial) joint (point of the body where two bones join)

   Synonym: articulació

Further reading

• “frontissa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “frontissa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “frontissa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.