fro
UK/fɹəʊ/US/fɹoʊ/
fro adverb: from; away; back or backward. Also the clipping of afro.
Adverb
fro (not comparable)
Preposition
fro
- From.
- The preest that hawkys so,
All grace is far hym fro.c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 62, lines 15–16
- The preest that hawkys so,
Also used as
fro is also the clipping of afro.
fro meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
fro in Hindi
- एफ. आर. ओ, फ्रॉ
fro in Tamil
- ஃப்ரோ, ஃப்ரொ
fro in Marathi
- फ्रो, फ्रॉ
fro in Urdu
- فرو
More languagesFewer languages
- fro in Bengali
- ফ্রো
- fro in Telugu
- ఫ్రో, ఫ్రొ
- fro in Malayalam
- ഫ്രോ
- fro in Kannada
- ಫ್ರೊ, ಫ್ರೋ
- fro in Punjabi
- ਐੱਫ. ਆਰ. ਓ
- fro in Gujarati
- ફ્રો
- fro in Odia
- ଫ୍ରୋ
- fro in Nepali
- फ्रो
Examples of fro in a sentence
- Zuckerberg must constantly leap to and fro throughout the centuries in order to duck summonses.
- Both of us watched in silence as Nosey zoomed to and fro, committing bugicide after bugicide.
- Lying on your side, start rocking back and forth, scooching to and fro and kicking.
Forms of fro
| plural | fros |
|---|---|
| alternative form | 'fro |
Origin of fro
From Middle English fro, fra, from Old English fra (“from”), from Old Norse frá (“from”), from Proto-Germanic *fram (“from”), from Proto-Indo-European *promo- (“forth, forward”). Cognate with Scots frae (“fro, from”), Icelandic frá (“from”). More at from.
Clipping of afro.
Words formed from fro
Phrases with fro
Words that rhyme with fro
Questions about fro
- What does fro mean?
- Fro means from; away; back or backward.
- What is fro in Hindi?
- Fro in Hindi is एफ. आर. ओ, फ्रॉ. See Fro meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is fro?
- Fro can be an adverb or a preposition.
- How do you pronounce fro?
- Fro is pronounced /fɹəʊ/ (UK).
Words near fro in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: fro (page history and authors); fro (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fro (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fro (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fro (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fro (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fro (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fro (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fro (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fro (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fro (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fro (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fro (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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