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English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Frau. Doublet of frow and vrouw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?a?/
• Rhymes: -a?

Noun

frau (plural fraus)

1. A woman, especially a German woman.

Anagrams

• Rauf, Urfa, fuar

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin fraus.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?f?aw/
• Rhymes: -aw

Noun

frau m (plural fraus)

1. fraud

Further reading

• “frau” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “frau” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “frau” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “frau” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

German

Etymology

From Frau by making the first letter lower-case. Coined as an alternative to the male-sounding word man (“one”), which is cognate and homophonous with Mann (“adult male”). First used by feminists when writing about women, then occasionally used in general contexts. Compare the pronoun mensch. Compare also the use of she vs he in English to refer to someone whose gender is unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fra??/
• Homophone: Frau
• Rhymes: -a??

Pronoun

frau

1. (indefinite, informal, slang, rare) one, they (indefinite third-person singular pronoun)
   • 1998, Matthias Matussek, Die vaterlose Gesellschaft: überfällige Anmerkungen zum Geschlechterkampf, page 47:

     Sie ist selbst dann noch beschissen, wenn frau sie beendet hat.

   • 2003, Ulrike Schlicht, Selbsterweiterungsprozesse alleinlebender Frauen, ?ISBN, page 218:

     Wenn frau sich kennt, braucht sie nicht vor sich wegzulaufen.

   • 2008, Gaye Suse Kromer, Obszöne Lust oder etablierte Unterhaltung?, page 163:

     Erst mal sechs Jahre alleine und frau muss auch zusehen, dass sie sich gerne hat. Das liebe ich, mit mir selbst zu sein und mich zu mögen und mich zu streicheln.

Usage notes

• The word is more frequently used by left-wing and/or feminist writers and speakers, which may use this word in a serious formal context, where this word is not usually acceptable, in order to express their political views. In informal context, such as magazine articles, frau is usually used just once in a text as a stylistic flourish to underline that a women-specific topic is discussed.

References

Further reading

• “frau” in Duden online

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• fraud

Etymology

From Old Norse frauð.

Noun

frau f or m (definite singular frauen or fraua, indefinite plural frauer or frauar, definite plural frauene or frauane)

1. (chiefly uncountable) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Inflection

Related terms

• frode

References

• “frau” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• frua, fura

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?æp/
• Rhymes: -æp
• Homophone: frappe

Etymology 1

From Old French fraper

Verb

frap (third-person singular simple present fraps, present participle frapping, simple past and past participle frapped)

1. (nautical) To draw together tightly; to secure by many turns of a lashing.
   • 1941, Boy Scout Tests and How to Pass Them, Boy Scouts Association, page 20.

     Next take two turns not round the spars at all but in between them round the rope itself. These turns are called "frapping" turns and must be very tight too.

2. (transitive) To strike or beat.
   • 1971, MotorBoating (volume 128, number 5, page 98)

     Mitch and Dick took me frog frapping, too. […] You just shine your light in the frog's eyes, creep up on him, and frap him over the head with the stick!

Etymology 2

Shortening.

Noun

frap (plural fraps)

1. (informal) Clipping of frappuccino.
   • 2005, Information Week (issues 1020-1036)

     Well then, what's the hottest new product line over at ubiquitous coffee retailer Starbucks — diesel fuel? No, it's not petrochemical, but neither is it coffee — rather, it's music. In Starbucks stores, you can now burn CDs while slurping a frap, […]