frufru

See also: frufrú, froofroo, froo-froo, froufrou, and frou-frou

English

Noun

frufru (plural frufrus)

1. Alternative spelling of frou-frou

Adjective

frufru (comparative more frufru, superlative most frufru)

1. Alternative spelling of frou-frou

Anagrams

• furfur, furrfu

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed probably from German Froufrou (“the rustling of a petticoat”) and from French frou-frou (“rustling”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfrufru]
• Hyphenation: fruf‧ru
• Rhymes: -ru

Noun

frufru (plural frufruk)

1. bangs (hair hanging over the forehead)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	frufru	frufruk
accusative	frufrut	frufrukat
dative	frufrunak	frufruknak
instrumental	frufruval	frufrukkal
causal-final	frufruért	frufrukért
translative	frufruvá	frufrukká
terminative	frufruig	frufrukig
essive-formal	frufruként	frufrukként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	frufruban	frufrukban
superessive	frufrun	frufrukon
adessive	frufrunál	frufruknál
illative	frufruba	frufrukba
sublative	frufrura	frufrukra
allative	frufruhoz	frufrukhoz
elative	frufruból	frufrukból
delative	frufruról	frufrukról
ablative	frufrutól	frufruktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	frufrué	frufruké
non-attributive possessive - plural	frufruéi	frufrukéi

Possessive forms of frufru
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	frufrum	frufrujaim (or frufruim)
2nd person sing.	frufrud	frufrujaid (or frufruid)
3rd person sing.	frufruja	frufrujai (or frufrui)
1st person plural	frufrunk	frufrujaink (or frufruink)
2nd person plural	frufrutok	frufrujaitok (or frufruitok)
3rd person plural	frufrujuk	frufrujaik (or frufruik)

Further reading

• frufru in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French frou-frou, of imitative origin.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fɾuˈfɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɾuˈfɾu/

• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: fru‧fru

Adjective

frufru

1. overly decorated or colourful

Noun

frufru m (plural frufrus)

1. rustle; rustling (of fabrics)

Derived terms

• frufrulhar

 

Further reading

• “frufru”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024