# frog
## English
### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /fɹɒɡ/
* (US) IPA: /fɹɑɡ/, /fɹɔɡ/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɒɡ, -ɔːɡ

### Etymology 1

From Middle English frogge, from Old English frogga, from Proto-West Germanic *froggō (“frog”). Cognate with Old Norse frauki.
Possibly related to Saterland Frisian Poage (“frog”), German Low German Pogg, Pogge (“frog”).

#### Alternative forms

* frock (dialectal)
* frosk (dialectal)
* frosh (dialectal)

#### Noun

frog (plural frogs)
* Any of a class of small tailless amphibians of the order Anura that typically hop.
** 2008, Lich King, “Black Metal Sucks”, in Toxic Zombie Onslaught:Awesome leather armbands with spikes like two feet long / Hair is parted down the middle, frowning like a frog
* (music) The part of a violin bow (or that of other similar string instruments such as the viola, cello and contrabass) located at the end held by the player, to which the horsehair is attached.
* (Cockney rhyming slang) Road. Shorter, more common form of frog and toad.
* The depression in the upper face of a pressed or handmade clay brick.
* An organ on the bottom of a horse’s hoof that assists in the circulation of blood.
    Coordinate term: sole
* (rail transport) The part of a railway switch or turnout where the running rails cross (from the resemblance to the frog in a horse’s hoof).
    Synonym: common crossing
* (fishing) A type of fishing lure that resembles a frog.
** 1983, The Fisherman Who Laughed, page 40:`What you need are frogs,' said the veteran. `Fish them at night. There's nothing like them on big cork floats.'
* (politics, slang, derogatory, Malaysia) Defector: politician who switches to a different political party.

##### Derived terms

* Frog
* frogdom
* frogese
* frogess
* frogged
* frogger
* froggery
* frogging
* froggish
* froggo
* froggy, Froggy
* froghood
* frogitis
* frogkind
* Frogland
* frogless
* froglike
* frogling
* frogly
* frogness
* Frog-speak
* African clawed frog
* African painted frog
* a frog in one's throat
* Amazon milk frog
* Archey's frog
* arrow-poison frog
* arum frog
* Atlantic Coast leopard frog
* Australian green tree frog
* Australian ground frogs (Myobatrachidae spp.)
* banana frog
* banjo frog
* bell frog
* big-eyed tree frog
* blue frog
* blue-sided leaf frog
* boiling frog
* brown frogs (Rana spp.)
* Budgett's frog
* bullfrog
* bush frog (Hyperoliidae spp.)
* Cambondo screeching frog
* carpenter frog (Lithobates virgatipes)
* Cascades frog (Rana cascadae)
* Catholic frog (Notaden bennettii)
* Charles Darwin's frog
* Chinese edible frog
* chirping frogs (Eleutherodactylus spp.)
* chorus frogs (Pseudacris spp.)
* clawed frogs, claw frogs (Xenopus spp.)
* common frog (Rana temporaria)
* coqui frog (Eleutherodactylus coqui)
* corroboree frog
* crab-eating frog
* crawfish frog (Lithobates areolatus)
* cricket frog (Acris spp.)
* Darwin's frog (Rhinoderma darwinii)
* defrog
* devil frog
* disc-tongued frog (Alytidae spp.)
* eastern banjo frog
* edible frog
* European common brown frog, European common frog (Rana temporaria)
* fine as frog hair, finer than frog hair
* fishing frog, fishing-frog (Lophius spp.)
* flying frog
* forest green tree frog
* frogamander
* frog belly
* frogbit (Hydrocharis morsus-ranae)
* frog-biting midge
* frog cheese
* frog chorus
* frog drum
* frogeater, frog eater, frog-eater
* frogeye
* frogeyed, frog-eyed
* frog-eye salad
* frog face
* frogfish (Antennariidae spp., Batrachoididae spp.)
* frog galvanoscope
* frog hair
* froghopper
* froghopper (Cercopoidea spp.)
* frog in a sock
* frog in a well
* frog in one's pocket
* frog in one's throat
* frog jump
* frog kick
* frog kingdom
* frog-legged beetle
* frog legs
* frog-like
* frog lily (Nuphar spp. or Potamogeton spp.)
* frogman
* frogmarch, frog-march, frog march
* frogmouth (Podargidae spp.)
* frog orchid (Coeloglossum viride)
* frogpole
* frogpond, frog pond
* frog pose
* frog's-bit
* frogsicle
* frogskin
* frog's legs
* frogsome
* frogspawn, frog spawn
* frog speak, frog-speak
* frog spit
* frog spittle
* frog sticker
* frogstool
* frog-strangler
* frog view
* frog-walk
* frog wedding
* fro yo frog
* Gaboon forest frog (Scotobleps gabonicus)
* Gardiner's Seychelles frog
* ghost frog (Heleophrynidae spp.)
* giant banjo frog
* giant frog
* glass frog (Centrolenidae spp.)
* goliath frog
* gopher frog (Lithobates capito)
* grass frog
* green big-eyed tree frog
* green frog (Lithobates clamitans)
* greenhouse frog (Eleutherodactylus planirostris)
* green tree frog
* hairy frog
* have a frog in one's throat
* hip pocket frog
* holy cross frog
* horned frog
* Hula painted frog
* ice frog (Amietia vertebralis)
* Lake Titicaca frog
* leaf frog
* leapfrogged, leap-frogged
* leapfrogging
* leap frog, leapfrog, leap-frog
* leapfrog test, leap-frog test, leap frog test
* leopard frogs (Lithobates spp.)
* litter frog (Megophryidae spp.)
* long-fingered frog
* Malabar flying frog
* male frog test
* marbled frog
* marsh frog (Pelophylax ridibundus)
* marsupial frog (Amphignathodontidae spp.)
* Mashpi glass frog
* midwife frog
* mink frog (Lithobates septentrionalis)
* mistfrog
* mist frog
* moss frog (Rhacophoridae spp.)
* music frog
* Myers' poison frog
* narrow-mouthed frogs (Microhylidae spp.)
* New Jersey chorus frog
* night frog
* orange-thighed frog
* Pacman frog
* painted frog (Alytidae spp.)
* paradoxical frog
* parsley frog (Pelodytidae spp.)
* pickerel frog (Lithobates palustris)
* pig frog (Lithobates grylio)
* poison arrow frog
* poison dart frogs (Dendrobates spp.)
* pool frog (Pelophylax lessonae)
* rain frog (Eleutherodactylus spp.)
* red-legged frogs (Rana spp.)
* river frog (Lithobates heckscheri)
* robber frog (Craugastor raniformis)
* sandhill frog
* Santander poison frog
* screeching frogs (Arthroleptidae spp.)
* scrotum frog
* sedge frog (Hyperoliidae spp.)
* Seychelles frog (Sooglossus sechellensis)
* shad frog
* sheep frogs (Hypopachus spp.)
* shovelnose frog (Hemisus spp.)
* shrinking frog
* shrub frog
* smoky jungle frog
* snouted frog
* southern banjo frog
* spot-legged poison frog
* spotted chirping frog
* squashed frog
* squirrel frog, squirrel tree frog (Dryophytes squirellus
* step on a frog
* stick frog, stick-frog
* tailed frog (Ascaphus spp.)
* Tarahumara frog (Lithobates tarahumarae)
* temple tree frog
* Titicaca frog, Titicaca water frog
* tomato frog
* tongueless frogs (Pipidae spp.)
* tree frog, treefrog (Hyla spp.)
* tropical frog (Micrixalus spp.)
* true frogs (Ranidae spp.)
* Tukeit Hill frog (Allophryne ruthveni)
* turtle frog
* tusked frog
* Vietnamese mossy frog
* waterfrog
* water frog (Pelophylax spp., Telmatobius spp.)
* werefrog
* white frog orchid
* White's tree frog
* wire frog
* wood frog (Lithobates sylvaticus)
* wrinkled frogs (Glandirana spp.)
* Wuyi sharp-nosed frog
* yellow-legged frogs (Rana spp.)

##### Related terms

* frosh (dialectal)

##### Descendants

* → Esperanto: frogo
* → Hawaiian: poloka
* → Irish: frog

##### Translations

Abau: kior
Abenaki: chegwal
Abkhaz: адаӷь (adağʲ)
Acehnese: cangguk
Acholi: ogwal
Adyghe: хьантӏаркъу (ḥantʼarqʷu), хьантыкъуакъу (ḥantəqʷaqʷu)
Afrikaans: padda (af), kikvors (af)
Aguaruna: kuwau
Ahom: 𑜀𑜤𑜆𑜫 (kup)
Akan: apɔtorɔ
Albanian: bretkosë (sq) f
Amharic: እንቁራሪት (ʾənḳurarit)
Amis: rakorako
Apache:
Western Apache: dlǫ'ishtłohé
Arabic: ضِفْدِع m (ḍifdiʕ), ضَفْدَع m (ḍafdaʕ), ضِفْدَع m (ḍifdaʕ)
Egyptian Arabic: ضفدع m (ḍufḍaʕ), بقرور m (baʔrūr)
Gulf Arabic: ضفدع m (ḏ̣ufdaʕ)
Iraqi Arabic: عكروك m (ʕagrūg)
Moroccan Arabic: جران m (jrān) (collective), جرانة f (jrāna) (singulative)
Aragonese: anura f
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܦܸܩܥܵܐ m (piqʿā)
Classical Syriac: ܐܘܪܕܥܐ f (ʾūrdəʿā), ܦܩܥܐ m (peqʿā), ܥܩܪܘܩܐ m (ʿaqrūqā), ܝܩܪܘܪܐ m (yaqrūrā)
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: אַקְרוֹקָא m (ʾaqrôqâ), אַקְרוֹקְתָא f (ʾaqrôqtâ)
Armenian: գորտ (hy) (gort)
Aromanian: broascã f, broatic m
Assamese: ভেঁকুলী f (bhẽkuli), ভেঁকোলা m (bhẽküla), বেং (beṅ)
Asturian: rana (ast) f, xaronca (ast) f
Avar: къверкъ (qxʷʼerqxʼ)
Aymara: k'ayra (ay)
Azerbaijani: qurbağa (az)
Baluchi: پگل (pugul)
Bashkir: баҡа (baqa)
Basque: igel (eu)
Bats: ფჰ̡იტ (ph̡iṭ)
Belarusian: жа́ба f (žába)
Bengali: ব্যাঙ (bn) (bêṅ)
Bhojpuri: 𑂥𑂵𑂑 (beṅ), मेढक (mēḍhak)
Bikol Central: talapang (bcl)
Binukid: bakbak
Breton: glesker (br) m, ran (br) f
Brunei Malay: katak
Bulgarian: жа́ба (bg) f (žába)
Burmese: ဖား (my) (hpa:)
Buryat: баха (baxa)
Catalan: granota (ca) f
Catawba: ararai
Cebuano: baki
Central Melanau: belakuhiek
Chakma: 𑄝𑄬𑄋𑄴 (beṅ)
Chamicuro: kujpawa'to
Chechen: пхьид (pḥʳid)
Cherokee: ᏩᎶᏏ (walosi), ᏕᎧ (deka)
Chichewa: chule
Chinese:
Cantonese: 青蛙 (cing$^1$ waa$^1$), 蛤𧊅 (gaap$^3$ gwaai$^2$), 田雞 / 田鸡 (tin$^4$ gai$^1$) (edible frog, lit. "field chicken"), 蛤乸 (gaap$^3$ naa$^2$)
Dungan: лэгуазы (leguazɨ)
Hakka: 𧊅仔 (koái-é)
Hokkien: 蛤仔 (zh-min-nan) (kap-á), 水雞 / 水鸡 (zh-min-nan) (chúi-ke, chúi-koe, súi-ke, súi-koe), 田蛤仔 (zh-min-nan) (chhân-kap-á), 四跤仔 (zh-min-nan) (sì-kha-á), 四跤魚 / 四跤鱼 (sì-kha-hî), 大肚仔魚 / 大肚仔鱼 (tōa-tō͘-á-hû), 杜蝛仔 (tō͘-ui-á), 肚蛙 (tō͘-kôe), 田僑 / 田侨 (chhân-kiâu)
Mandarin: 青蛙 (zh) (qīngwā), 田雞 / 田鸡 (zh) (tiánjī) (edible)
Wu: 田雞 / 田鸡 ($^6$di-ci), 青蛙
Chuvash: шапа (šap̬a)
Cimbrian: bross n, vrosch n
Comanche: pasawʔóo
Cornish: kwilkyn (kw) m
Cree: ᐊᔩᐠ (ayiik), ᐊᔩᑭᐢ (ayiikis) (little frog), ᐊᔩᑭᓯᐢ (ayiikisis) (very little frog), ᒥᐢᑕᔦᐠ (mistayek) (large frog)
Crimean Tatar: baqa, suvbaqa
Czech: žába (cs) f
Danish: frø (da) c
Darkinjung: gutat
Dharug: gunggun
Dongxiang: bagva
Dutch: kikker (nl) m, kikvors (nl) m
Dzongkha: སྦལཔ (sbalp)
Early Assamese: বেঙ্গ (beṅgo)
Eastern Arrernte: antyetyerre
Egyptian: (qrr m), (ꜥbḫn m)
Erzya: ватракш (vatrakš), ведь ватракш (veď vatrakš)
Esperanto: rano (eo)
Estonian: konn (et)
Even: эрики (əriki)
Evenki: бадялаки (baʒalaki)
Ewe: akpɔkplɔ
Faroese: froskur m
Finnish: sammakko (fi)
French: grenouille (fr) f
Friulian: crot m
Galician: rá f, arrán f, agano m, carranco m, zampesa f, estrosa f, escorzo (gl) m
Gamilaraay: gindjurra
Georgian: ბაყაყი (baq̇aq̇i)
German: Frosch (de) m
Gooniyandi: woogoo
Greek: βάτραχος (el) m (vátrachos)
Ancient: βάτραχος m (bátrakhos)
Greenlandic: naraseq
Guaraní: kururu
Gujarati: દેડકો (deḍko)
Haitian Creole: krapo
Hausa: kwaɗo (ha)
Hawaiian: poloka, lana
Hebrew: צְפַרְדֵעַ (he) f (tsfardea)
Higaonon: bakbak
Hindi: मेंढक m (meṇḍhak), मेंढकी f (meṇḍhkī), मेंडक m (meṇḍak), मेंडुक m (meṇḍuk)
Hungarian: béka (hu)
Icelandic: froskur (is) m
Ido: rano (io)
Inari Sami: cuábui
Indonesian: kodok (id)
Inuktitut: ᓇᑲᓱᖕᓇᖅᑐᖅ (nakasungnaqtuq)
Irish: loscann m, frog (ga) m, loscán m
Italian: rana (it) f
Japanese: 蛙 (ja) (かえる, kaeru, かわず, kawazu), (historical) かはづ (kahadzu), カエル (ja) (kaeru)
Javanese: kodhok (jv), kodok
Kabardian: хьэндыркъуакъуэ (kbd) (ḥɛndərqʷaqʷɛ)
Kalasha: maḍrák
Kalmyk: меклә (meklä)
Kannada: ಕಪ್ಪೆ (kn) (kappe)
Kapampangan: tugak
Karelian: šlöpöi
Kashubian: żaba f
Kazakh: құрбақа (qūrbaqa)
Khiamniungan Naga: lǖkīu
Khinalug: кьуркьор (q̇urq̇or)
Khmer: កង្កែប (km) (kɑngkaep)
Klamath-Modoc: kow'e
Korean: 개구리 (ko) (gaeguri), 머구리 (meoguri)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: قورواق (qurwaq), بۆق (ckb) (boq)
Northern Kurdish: beq (ku) f
Kyrgyz: бака (ky) (baka)
Ladin: crot m
Lao: ອື່ງ (ʼư̄ng), ກົບ (lo) (kop)
Latgalian: vardive f
Latin: rāna (la) f
Latvian: varde (lv) f, naģe f (dialectism), kunna f (dialectism)
Ligurian: ræna f
Lithuanian: varlė f
Lü: ᦷᦂᧇ (k̇ob)
Lushootseed: waq̓waq̓
Luxembourgish: Fräsch m
Macedonian: жаба (mk) f (žaba)
Magahi: 𑂥𑂵𑂑 (bēṅ)
Maguindanao: babak
Maithili: बेङ (bēṅ)
Malagasy: sahona (mg)
Malay: katak (ms)
Malayalam: തവള (ml) (tavaḷa)
Maltese: żrinġ m
Manchu: ᠵᡠᠸᠠᠯᡳ (juwali), ᡝᡵᡥᡝ (erhe)
Manx: rannag f
Maori: pepeke, peketua, pepeketua, poroka (non-native species)
Maranao: babak
Marathi: बेडूक (mr) (beḍūk)
Mari:
Eastern Mari: ужава (užava)
Marwari: मींडकौ m (mī̃ḍkau)
Mauritian Creole: krapo
Mazanderani: وک (vak)
Mi'kmaq: sqolj anim, atagali anim
Middle English: frogge
Mirandese: please add this translation if you can
Mohegan-Pequot: kopayáhs
Mon: ၚဴ (mnw) (ṅao)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: мэлхий (mn) (melxii)
Mongolian: ᠮᠡᠨᠡᠬᠡᠢ (menekei)
Nahuatl:
Central: cueyatl
Classical: cueyatl
Guerrero: atemotl
Nanai: хэрэ (here)
Navajo: chʼał
Norman: raînotte f (Jersey)
Northern Sami: cuoppu
Northern Thai: ᨠᩫ᩠ᨷ
Norwegian:
Norwegian Bokmål: frosk (no) m
Norwegian Nynorsk: frosk m
Nyunga: kwooyar
Occitan: granolha (oc) f, granhòta (oc) f
Odia: ବେଁଗ (or) (bẽga)
Ojibwe: omakakii
Okinawan: あたびちゃー (atabichaa)
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: жаба f (žaba)
Glagolitic: ⰶⰰⰱⰰ f (žaba)
Old East Slavic: жаба f (žaba)
Old English: frosc m
Oromo: fattee
Ossetian: хӕфс (xæfs)
Ottoman Turkish: قوربغه (kurbağa)
Pangasinan: patang
Pashto: چونګښه f (čungǝ́x̌a)
Pennsylvania German: Frosch m
Persian: قورباغه (fa) (qurbâğe), وک (fa) (vak), غوک (fa) (ğuk), بک (fa) (bak), چغز (fa) (čağaz)
Pipil: kalat, calat
Plautdietsch: Pogg (nds) f
Polabian: zobo f
Polish: żaba (pl) f
Portuguese: rã (pt) f
Potawatomi: mekchako
Punjabi: ਡੱਡੂ (pa) (ḍaḍḍū)
Shahmukhi: ڈڈو (ḍaḍḍū)
Quechua: kaira, racak, jamp'atu
Rohingya: beng
Romagnol: ranòcc m, ranòcia f
Romanian: broască (ro) f, brotac (ro) m
Romansch: rauna f
Russian: лягу́шка (ru) f (ljagúška), жа́ба (ru) f (žába) (regional or archaic, modern sense - "toad")
S'gaw Karen: ဒ့ၣ် (daỳ)
Saek: กั๊บ
Sanskrit: मण्डूक (sa) m (maṇḍūka), भेक (sa) m (bheka)
Scots: puddock
Scottish Gaelic: losgann m or f, muile-mhàg f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: жа̏ба f, (male) жа́бац m
Roman: žȁba (sh) f, (male) žábac (sh) m
Shan: ၵူပ်း (shn) (kúup)
Shor: паға (pağa)
Sicilian: giurana (scn) f, rarunchia f
Sinhalese: මැඬියා (mæⁿḍiyā)
Slovak: žaba (sk) f
Slovene: žaba (sl) f
Somali: rah (so) m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: žaba f
Upper Sorbian: žaba f
Southern Sami: tsååbpe
Spanish: rana (es) f
Sranan Tongo: dyompometi
Sundanese: bangkong
Svan: აფხვ (apxv)
Swahili: chura (sw) class 7/8
Swedish: groda (sv) c
Tagalog: palaka
Tai Dam: ꪶꪀꪚ (kop1)
Tai Do: kô̄p
Tajik: қурбоққа (tg) (qurboqqa)
Talysh: вазах (vazakh)
Tamil: தவளை (ta) (tavaḷai)
Tangwang: lɛ²⁴pa⁴⁴xa⁴²
Tarifit: aqarqriw m
Tat: bəq
Tatar: бака (tt) (baqa)
Tausug: ambak
Tày: côp
Telugu: కప్ప (te) (kappa), మండూకము (te) (maṇḍūkamu)
Teposcolula Mixtec: dzahua
Thai: กบ (th) (gòp)
Tibetan: སྦལ་པ (sbal pa)
Tigrinya: እንቁርዖብ (ʾənḳurʿob)
Tok Pisin: rokrok
Tulu: ಕಪ್ಪೆ (kappe)
Turkish: kurbağa (tr)
Turkmen: gurbaga
Tuvan: пага (paga)
Ukrainian: жа́ба f (žába)
Unami: chahkol
Urdu: مینڈک m (mẽṇḍak, mẽṇḍuk), مینڈھک m (meṇḍhak), مینڈھکی f (meṇḍhkī)
Uyghur: پاقا (paqa)
Uzbek: qurbaqa (uz)
Venetan: ràna f
Vietnamese: ếch (vi), nhái (vi), ngoé (vi)
Vilamovian: hūć f
Volapük: frog (vo)
Welsh: (Southern) broga m, (Northern) llyffant m
West Coast Bajau: bonong, epak
West Frisian: kikkert, froask c
White Hmong: qav
Wiradjuri: gulaangga
Woiwurrung: ngarrert
Wolof: mbeexeer
Xhosa: ixoxo class 5/6
Yakut: баҕа (bağa)
Yiddish: פֿראָש f (frosh), זשאַבע f (zhabe)
Yoruba: ọpọlọ
Zazaki: qırêncıle (diq) m
Zealandic: puut m
Zhuang: goep :

##### See also

* amphibian
* pad
* paddock
* tadpole
* toad

#### Verb

frog (third-person singular simple present frogs, present participle frogging, simple past and past participle frogged)
* To hunt or trap frogs.
* (transitive, biology) To use a pronged plater to transfer (cells) to another plate.
* (transitive, cooking) To spatchcock (a chicken).
* (intransitive) To lie sprawled out like a frog; sploot.

##### Derived terms

* frog stitch

### Etymology 2

From frog legs, stereotypical food of the French. Compare Kraut (“German person”) and French rosbif (“English person”) (from roast beef), with similar food etymologies.

#### Noun

frog (plural frogs)
* (derogatory) A French person.
    Synonyms: baguette, cheese-eating surrender monkey, Frencher, Frenchy
** 1982 November 18, Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn, “The Challenge”, in Yes, Minister, season 3, episode 2, spoken by Humphrey Appleby (Nigel Hawthorne):Yes. Can't trust the frogs.
* (Canada, offensive) A French-speaking person from Quebec.

##### Alternative forms

* Frog

##### Derived terms

* frogess
* froggish
* froggy
* froglet

##### See also

* Frenchie

#### Further reading

* “frog”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

### Etymology 3

Unknown. Possibly borrowed from Portuguese froco (“flock”), from Latin floccus (“flock”).

#### Noun

frog (plural frogs)
* A leather or fabric loop used to attach a sword or bayonet, or its scabbard, to a waist or shoulder belt.
* An ornate fastener for clothing consisting of an oblong button, toggle, or knot, that fits through a loop.
** 1844, Alexander Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo:The visitor was about fifty-two years of age, dressed in one of the green surtouts, ornamented with black frogs, which have so long maintained their popularity all over Europe.
* A device used to secure stems in a floral arrangement, also called a flower frog or kenzan.

##### Translations
#### Verb

frog (third-person singular simple present frogs, present participle frogging, simple past and past participle frogged)
* To ornament or fasten a coat, etc. with frogs.

### Etymology 4

Supposedly from ribbit (“sound made by a frog”) sounding similar to "rip it".

#### Verb

frog (third-person singular simple present frogs, present participle frogging, simple past and past participle frogged)
* (transitive) To unravel part of (a knitted garment), either to correct a mistake or to reclaim the thread or yarn.

### Etymology 5

Probably a minced oath alteration of fuck.

#### Verb

frog (third-person singular simple present frogs, present participle frogging, simple past and past participle frogged)
* (ambitransitive, slang, mildly vulgar) To have sex with; fuck.
    If you see a necktie hanging on the door, don't knock. I'll be in there frogging someone.

#### Further reading

* Category:frog on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
* Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “frog”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

## Irish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English frog.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [fˠɾˠɔɡ]

### Noun

frog m or f (genitive singular froig, nominative plural froganna)
* frog (amphibian; organ in a horse’s foot)

#### Declension

bare forms
singular
plural
nominative
frog
froganna
vocative
a fhroig
a fhroganna
genitive
froig
froganna
dative
frog
froganna
forms with the definite article
singular
plural
nominative
an frog
na froganna
genitive
an fhroig
na bhfroganna
dative
leis an bhfrog don fhrog
leis na froganna :

#### Derived terms

* frog crainn (“tree frog”)
* frog Góiliat (“Goliath frog”)
* frog nimhe (“poison dart frog”)
* frogaire (“frogman”)
* glóthach fhroig, sceathrach fhroig, sceith fhroig (“frog-spawn”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “frog”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “frog”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “frog”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

## Volapük
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [fɾoɡ]

### Noun

frog (nominative plural frogs)
* frog (amphibian)

#### Declension

$^1$ status as a case is disputed $^2$ in later, non-classical Volapük only

#### See also

* bufod (“toad”)
* mafib (“amphibian”)
* nim (“animal”)
* rosip (“toad”)
* vatanim (“aquatic animal”)