| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. A woman; especially, a Dutch or German woman.[Websters] 2. A dirty woman; a slattern.[Websters] 3. A cleaving tool with handle at right angles to the blade, for splitting cask staves and shingles from the block; a frower.[Websters]. | |
| Adjective | 1. Brittle.[Websters] 2. Being female or feminine. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Infrequently used base adjective of the adverb frowly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (frowly) |
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective frow.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. |
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Date "Frow" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1746. (references) |
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Noun] A woman.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Industry | A long wedge-shaped blade for splitting wood into shingles etc. Source: European Union. (references) | ||
| Wiktionary | [Noun] Alternative spelling of froe. (references) | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
Topics by Level of Interest: FROW | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| John Frow | 5 | John Frow | 5 | |
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Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
| Language | Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses) | |||
| Bohemian | Holanďanka (Dutchwoman, frow), hospodyně (housekeeper, housewife, contriver, frow, goodwife). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, frow. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Brazilian Portuguese | rachador (cleaver, froe, frow, kneader, shredder). Additional references: Brazilian Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, frow. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Central Danish | spaltekniv (board splitter, cleaver, froe, frow, riving knife). Additional references: Central Danish, Denmark, Germany, frow. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Cestina | Holanďanka (Dutchwoman, frow), hospodyně (housekeeper, housewife, contriver, frow, goodwife). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, frow. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Chinese Simplified | 荷兰女人 (frow). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, frow. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Czech | Holanďanka (Dutchwoman, frow), hospodyně (housekeeper, housewife, contriver, frow, goodwife). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, frow. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Danish | spaltekniv (board splitter, cleaver, froe, frow, riving knife). Additional references: Danish, Denmark, Germany, frow. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Dansk | spaltekniv (board splitter, cleaver, froe, frow, riving knife). Additional references: Dansk, Denmark, Germany, frow. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Dutch | splijtwig (froe, frow, riving knife). Additional references: Dutch, Netherlands, Aruba, frow. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Français | départoir (froe, frow). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, frow. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| French | départoir (froe, frow). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, frow. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Greek | σχίστης (froe, frow, schist, shale). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, frow. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Greek (transliteration) | skhistis (froe, frow, schist, shale). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, frow. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hanguk Mal | 여자 (Jane, she, woman, jill, bint), 네덜란드여자 (frow), 주부 (housekeeper, housewife, mistress, goodwife, missis), 아내 (femme, woman, bedfellow, missis, wife), 손도끼 (hand ax, adze, frow, adz). Additional references: Hanguk Mal, Korea, South, Korea, frow. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hanguohua | 여자 (Jane, she, woman, jill, bint), 네덜란드여자 (frow), 주부 (housekeeper, housewife, mistress, goodwife, missis), 아내 (femme, woman, bedfellow, missis, wife), 손도끼 (hand ax, adze, frow, adz). Additional references: Hanguohua, Korea, South, Korea, frow. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Japanese | 酒飲み女 (frow), だらしない女 (slut, drab, draggle-tail, frow, malkin), 女性 (woman, lady, female, feminine, womankind), 女 (woman, daughter, girl, femme, bint), 主婦 (housewife, mistress, goodwife, housekeeper, dame), 妻 (wife, wives, woman, feme, femme), かみさん (wife, frow, missus). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, frow. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Korean | 여자 (Jane, she, woman, jill, bint), 네덜란드여자 (frow), 주부 (housekeeper, housewife, mistress, goodwife, missis), 아내 (femme, woman, bedfellow, missis, wife), 손도끼 (hand ax, adze, frow, adz). Additional references: Korean, Korea, South, Korea, frow. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Lenape | pachenikan (frow, splitting iron). Additional references: Lenape, USA, frow. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Lenni-Lenape | pachenikan (frow, splitting iron). Additional references: Lenni-Lenape, USA, frow. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Portuguese | rachador (cleaver, froe, frow, kneader, shredder). Additional references: Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, frow. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Ruotsi | spaltyxa (froe, frow), spaltkniv (froe, frow). Additional references: Ruotsi, Sweden, Finland, frow. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Sjaelland | spaltekniv (board splitter, cleaver, froe, frow, riving knife). Additional references: Sjaelland, Denmark, Germany, frow. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Svenska | spaltyxa (froe, frow), spaltkniv (froe, frow). Additional references: Svenska, Sweden, Finland, frow. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Swedish | spaltyxa (froe, frow), spaltkniv (froe, frow). Additional references: Swedish, Sweden, Finland, frow. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Tla Wilano | pachenikan (frow, splitting iron). Additional references: Tla Wilano, USA, frow. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Unami | pachenikan (frow, splitting iron). Additional references: Unami, USA, frow. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Source: Eve, based on a combination of meta analysis and graph theory (for near and back translations). | Top | |||
| Language | Translations for “frow” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses. | |||
| Athag | frathagow (frow). Additional references: Athag, frow. (volunteer) | |||
| Double Dutch | fragow (frow). Additional references: Double Dutch, frow. (volunteer) | |||
| Leet | |=2¤\/\/ (frow). Additional references: Leet, frow. (volunteer) | |||
| Oppish | fropow (frow). Additional references: Oppish, frow. (volunteer) | |||
| Pig Latin | owfray (frow). Additional references: Pig Latin, frow. (volunteer) | |||
| Terran B | spalteorv (froe, frow). Additional references: Terran B, frow. (volunteer) | |||
| Ubbi Dubbi | frubow (frow). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, frow. (volunteer) | |||
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