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frosh en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈfɹɔʃ/ (General-American) without the cot–caught merger
  • (Australia) audio
  • [ˈfɹʷɔ̟ʃ] (Australia)
  • [ˈfɹʷɑʃ] (cot-caught-merger)
  • /ˈfɹɒʃ/ (cot-caught-merger)
  • /ˈfɹɔʃ/ (Australia)
  • [ˈfɹʰɒʃ] (cot-caught-merger)
  • /ˈfɹɑʃ/ (cot-caught-merger)
  • [ˈfɹʷɒ̟ʃ] (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈfɹɒʃ/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle English frossh, frosch, from Old English frosc, from Proto-Germanic *fruskaz (“frog”), from Proto-Indo-European *prew- (“to jump, hop”). Cognate with West Frisian froask (“frog”), Dutch vors (“frog”), German Frosch (“frog”), Norwegian frosk (“frog”), Icelandic froskur (“frog”). Doublet of frosk; more at frog.

Meanings

  1. (dialectal) A frog.
    • 1565 (1593), Golding, Ovid's Met. xv. (1593) pg. 356

Forms

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froshes Number=Plur lexicographic

frosh en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈfɹɔʃ/ (General-American) without the cot–caught merger
  • (Australia) audio
  • [ˈfɹʷɔ̟ʃ] (Australia)
  • [ˈfɹʷɑʃ] (cot-caught-merger)
  • /ˈfɹɒʃ/ (cot-caught-merger)
  • /ˈfɹɔʃ/ (Australia)
  • [ˈfɹʰɒʃ] (cot-caught-merger)
  • /ˈfɹɑʃ/ (cot-caught-merger)
  • [ˈfɹʷɒ̟ʃ] (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈfɹɒʃ/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Blend of freshman + sophomore.

Meanings

  1. (colloquial) A first-year student, at certain universities, and a first-or-second-year student at other universities.
    • The frosh are really getting on my nerves!
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, ellipsis) Ellipsis of frosh week.
    alt of frosh week

Forms

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froshes Number=Plur lexicographic
frosh Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

prefrosh

Synonyms

fresher · newbie · underclassman

Translations (4)

nl schacht (first year student) · pl studentka pierwszego roku (first year student) · fr bleu (first year student) · pl student pierwszego roku (first year student)

frosh en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈfɹɔʃ/ (General-American) without the cot–caught merger
  • (Australia) audio
  • [ˈfɹʷɔ̟ʃ] (Australia)
  • [ˈfɹʷɑʃ] (cot-caught-merger)
  • /ˈfɹɒʃ/ (cot-caught-merger)
  • /ˈfɹɔʃ/ (Australia)
  • [ˈfɹʰɒʃ] (cot-caught-merger)
  • /ˈfɹɑʃ/ (cot-caught-merger)
  • [ˈfɹʷɒ̟ʃ] (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈfɹɒʃ/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Blend of freshman + sophomore.

Meanings

  1. (slang, transitive) To initiate academic freshmen, notably in a testing way.
    • This campus does not tolerate froshing in any form.
  2. (slang, transitive) To damage through incompetence.
    • Trying to open my car door with a coat hanger, I froshed the mechanism.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
froshes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
froshing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
froshed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
froshed Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

froshing

Synonyms

haze (initiate)

Translations (7)

pl zainicjować (to initiate academic freshmen) · pl zaszkodzić przez niekompetencję (to damage through incompetence) · fr bizuter (to initiate academic freshmen) · pl inicjować (to initiate academic freshmen) · pl szkodzić przez niekompetencję (to damage through incompetence) · fr baptiser (to initiate academic freshmen) · nl dopen (to initiate academic freshmen)