frote

See also: froté

English

Etymology

From French frotter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɹəʊt/

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• Rhymes: -əʊt

Verb

frote (third-person singular simple present frotes, present participle froting, simple past and past participle froted)

1. (obsolete) To rub or wear by rubbing; to chafe.
   • 1599 (first performance), B. I. [i.e., Ben Jonson], The Comicall Satyre of Euery Man out of His Humor. […], London: […] [Adam Islip] for William Holme, […], published 1600, →OCLC, Act IV, scene iii, signature [L iiij], verso:

     Let a man ſweat once a weeke in a Hothouſe, and be well rubd and froted with a good plumpe juicie wench, and ſweet linnen, he ſhall ne’re ha’ the Poxe.

   • 1577, Timothy Kendall, Flowers of Epigrammes:

     She smelles, she kisseth, and her corps
     She loves exceedingly; She tufts her heare , she frotes her face

Anagrams

• Foret, Forte, fetor, forte, ofter

Asturian

Verb

frote

1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of frotar

Old High German

Adjective

frōte

1. Alternative form of fruote, strong masculine nominative/accusative plural of fruot

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾote/ [ˈfɾo.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ote
• Syllabification: fro‧te

Etymology 1

Deverbal of frotar.

Noun

frote m (plural frotes)

1. rub; rubbing

   Synonym: frotamiento

Etymology 2

Verb

frote

1. inflection of frotar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “frote”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10