fronton

See also: frontón

English

Noun

fronton (plural frontons)

1. (architecture) A pediment.
2. A two-walled or single-walled court used as a playing area for Basque pelota.

Translations

a court used for Basque pelota

Catalan: frontó (ca) m French: fronton (fr) m Italian: frontone (it) m Polish: fronton (pl) m, przyczółek (pl) m Portuguese: paredão (pt) m Spanish: frontón (es) m

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

fronton n (plural frontons, diminutive frontonnetje n)

1. (architecture) pediment

Esperanto

Noun

fronton

1. accusative singular of fronto

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

fronton m (plural frontons)

1. fronton
   • 2024 October 15, Benoît Rouzaud, “« C’est vraiment étrange. Peut-être un tordu... » A Pau, plusieurs lettres U ont été volées sur des enseignes de boutiques”, in La Rép des Pyrénnées‎:

     Depuis quelques années, des commerçants constatent le vol des lettres « U » sur le fronton de leur boutique.

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2. (architecture) pediment

Further reading

• “fronton”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Hungarian

Etymology

front +‎ -on

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfronton]
• Hyphenation: fron‧ton

Noun

fronton

1. superessive singular of front

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

fronton

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian frontone.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfrɔn.tɔn/

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• Rhymes: -ɔntɔn
• Syllabification: fron‧ton

Noun

fronton m inan (diminutive frontonik)

1. (architecture) fronton, pediment

   Synonym: przyczółek

2. (literary) facade

Derived terms

adjectives

• frontonowy

Further reading

• fronton in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• fronton in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French fronton.

Noun

fronton n (plural frontoane)

1. pediment

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	fronton	frontonul		frontoane	frontoanele
genitive-dative	fronton	frontonului		frontoane	frontoanelor
vocative	frontonule			frontoanelor

Swedish

Etymology

From French fronton.

Noun

fronton c

1. (architecture) a pediment

Declension

Declension of fronton

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	fronton	frontons
	definite	frontonen	frontonens
plural	indefinite	frontoner	frontoners
	definite	frontonerna	frontonernas