frosh
A frogA frog.
Meaning
2 senses(dialectal)A frog.
(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!
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
From Middle English frossh, frosch, from Old English frosc, from Proto-Germanic *fruskaz (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.
Blend of freshman + sophomore.
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Forms
plural: froshes / froshSynonyms
3 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
See also
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