frount

Middle English

Alternative forms

• ffront, ffrount, front, fronte, frounte, frountte, frownt, frownte, frunt, frunte

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French front, from Latin frons.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /frunt/, /fruːnt/

Noun

frount (plural frountes)

1. The front; the forward side of something:
   1. The front of the head; the face or forehead.
   2. The front or head of an army.
   3. The front of a building or property.
2. (rare) A frontal projection or point.
3. (rare) A drape over an altar.

Derived terms

• frountel
• frounter

Descendants

• English: front (see there for further descendants)
• Scots: front

References

• “frǒunt, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-12.