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Meaning of frosh | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
fɹɔʃ

Definitions

  1. A frog.
    dialectal
  2. A first-year student, at certain universities, and a first-or-second-year student at other universities.
    colloquial
  3. Ellipsis of frosh week.
    abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, ellipsis

Equivalents

Deutsch Ersti
Français baptiser bizuter bleu
Nederlands dopen schacht

Examples

“1565 (1593), Golding, Ovid's Met. xv. (1593) pg. 356”
“The frosh are really getting on my nerves!”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

frosh week Froshaug Frosinone frosk Frost frost beard

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