frog

A2 Topic:Space, Position & Direction

US /fɹɑɡ/ UK /fɹɒɡ/ See IPA manual

noun verb Freq #4858

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noun
A small, smooth-skinned animal with long back legs that lives in or near water and jumps.

A green frog jumped into the pond.

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1 noun · a small, smooth-skinned... toad

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Forms froggedfroggingfrogs

Derived forms bullfrogdefrogfishing-frogfrog's-bitfrog-eaterfrog-eyedfrog-likefrog-marchfrog-speakfrog-stranglerfrog-walkfrogamander

Related forms amphibianfrenchiefrosh pad paddock tadpole toad

Etymology

From Middle English frogge, from Old English frocga, from Proto-West Germanic *froggō (“frog”). Cognate with Old Norse frauki, and Old English frox, frosc, whence Modern English frosh and frosk (“frog”). Possibly related to Saterland Frisian Poage (“frog”), German Low German Pogg, Pogge (“frog”). Sense 5 (organ on a horse's hoof) is a calque of Ancient Greek βάτραχος (bátrakhos).

*prew- Proto-Indo-European frogge Middle English frocga Old English *froggō Proto-West Germanic

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Space, Position & Direction Describing Qualities

# frog

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** fɹɑɡ
**IPA (UK):** fɹɒɡ
**Frequency rank:** 4858

## Meanings
1. A small, smooth-skinned animal with long back legs that lives in or near water and jumps.

## Examples
- A green frog jumped into the pond.

## Derived Forms
- bullfrog
- defrog
- fishing-frog
- frog's-bit
- frog-eater
- frog-eyed
- frog-like
- frog-march
- frog-speak
- frog-strangler
- frog-walk
- frogamander

## Related Forms
- amphibian
- frenchie
- frosh
- pad
- paddock
- tadpole
- toad

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *prew-
- Root: frogge
- Root: frocga
- Root: *froggō

## Etymology
From Middle English frogge, from Old English frocga, from Proto-West Germanic *froggō (“frog”). Cognate with Old Norse frauki, and Old English frox, frosc, whence Modern English frosh and frosk (“frog”). Possibly related to Saterland Frisian Poage (“frog”), German Low German Pogg, Pogge (“frog”). Sense 5 (organ on a horse's hoof) is a calque of Ancient Greek βάτραχος (bátrakhos).

## AI Etymology
Frog comes from Middle English frogge, from Old English frocga, from Proto-West Germanic *froggō (“frog”). Cognate with Old Norse frauki, and Old English frox, frosc, whence Modern English frosh and frosk (“frog”). Possibly related to Saterland Frisian Poage (“frog”), German Low German Pogg, Pogge (“frog”). Sense 5 (organ on a horse's hoof) is a calque of Ancient Greek βάτραχος (bátrakhos). In current use, the main sense is “A small, smooth-skinned animal with long back legs that lives in or near water and jumps”.

## Topics
- Space, Position & Direction
- Describing Qualities

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