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frufru

frufru is the alternative spelling of frou-frou.

Meaning of frou-frou

Noun

frou-frou (plural frou-frous)

  1. (onomatopoeic) A rustling sound, particularly the rustling of a large silk dress.
    • The modern frou-frou of satin and gros-de-Naples skirts is nothing to the rustling of brocaded silks.1870 June 4, Athenaeum, page 734

See all 5 meanings of frou-frou

Forms of frufru

Noun
pluralfrufrus
Adjective
comparativemore frufru
superlativemost frufru

Questions about frufru

What is frufru the alternative spelling of?
Frufru is the alternative spelling of frou-frou.

Words near frufru in the dictionary

  1. Frue vanner
  2. Frue vanners
  3. Frueh
  4. Fruehs
  5. fruffy
  6. frufru
  7. frufrus
  8. frug
  9. frugal
  10. frugalism
  11. frugalist

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Adapted from Wiktionary: frufru (page history and authors); frou-frou (page history and authors). 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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