frontier
English
/fɹʌnˈtɪɹ/, /fɹʌnˈtɪə/
noun
Definitions
- The part of a country which borders or faces another country or unsettled region
- The most advanced or recent version of something; leading edge.
- (obsolete) An outwork of a fortification.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English frounter derived from Old French fronter.
Origin
Old French
fronter
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cyberfrontier English
- e-frontier English
- frontiered English
- frontierless English
- frontierlessness English
- frontierlike English
- frontierman English
- frontiersman English
- frontiersmanship English
- frontierswoman English
- frontierwoman English
- man English
- nonfrontier English
- transfrontier English
- woman English
- frounter Middle English
- fronter Old French