front-o: (anat.) forehead; (fig.) the fore part of anything; -ala: frontal (anat.); front (fig.); -alo: frontal-bone; sam- -e: abreast; -o-lineo: (milit.) front-line; -o larja: a wide forehead; a broad front; atakar laenemiko sur la fronto: to attack the enemy on its front; frontal atako: a frontal attack; la -o di vesto: the front of a garment. — DEFIRS
frontier-o: frontier. Def.: Limito inter du landi; II-75. — EFIS
frontispic-o: (book) frontispiece. Def.: Ilustruro qua opozesas (E. faces) a titul-pagino di libro e libro-parto; IV-451. — DEFIS
fronton-o: (arch.) fronton, pediment; -eto: a little pediment over a door or window. Def.: Arkitektural ornivo triangula o mi-cirkla super la enireyo di edifico. — FIRS
frost-ar: (intr.) to freeze (cf. glacieskar); -igar: to f. (ulo); (cf. frigor-izar; konjelar; pruinar); -etar: to chill, benumb; forta -o: a hard freeze; -o-pluvo: a freezing rain; -o-fend-ita: split, cracked by frost;des- -ar: to thaw. — DE
frot-ar: (tr., household term) to rub, scrub, shine up; polish (ulo) by rubbing; wax and polish (a floor, furniture) (cf. polisar). V. exp.: Frotar esas ekonomiala ago: on frotas parqueto, mobli, etc. Fricionarhavas teknikala senco, sive en medicino, sive en mekaniko; II-647. — DFS
fru-a, -e: (adj., adv.) early; -lev-anta, -anto: rising early; early riser; tro frue: too early; plu frue: earlier; maxim frue posible: as early as possible. — D
frugal-a: frugal (cf. spar-ema). Ex.: Frugala homo. Frugaleso di repasto. — DEFIS
frugileg-o: (orni.) rook (Corvus frugilegus); -eyo: rookery. — L
frukt-o: (pr. and fig.) fruit; -ifar: to fructify, bear fruit; -oza, -if-anta: fruitful, prolific; -arboro: f. tree; -o-gardeno, -arbor-eyo: f. garden; -o-vend-isto: f. seller; -o-manj-anta: frugivorous. — DEFIRS
frument-o: wheat; -a, -ala, -atra: frumentaceous; -izar: to sow (ulo) with w., cover with w. — EFI
fruns-ar: (tr.) to wrinkle, pucker, purse (the lips), knit (the brows), to gather (in needle work); -(ad)o: wrinkling, puckering; -uro, -aro: gathering, puckers; -ar la brovi: to frown. V. exp.: Frunsar esas facar nereguloza falduro; plisar esas facar reguloza falduro. — FS
frust-a: worn out, defaced, corroded (of coins), weather-beaten (of statues); -a medalio: a defaced medal; konko -a: a worn shell. V. exp.: Frusta esas vorto mi-teknikala, utila in mikra faki, ex. pri arto (skulptado, numismatiko); IV-516.— FIS
frustr-ar: (tr.) to deprive unjustly (ulu, de ulo), to defraud; (N.B. not E. frustrate; cf. deceptar, fali-igar, van-igar). Def.: Privacar neyuste o neloyale; III-673. Ex.: Frustrar asociito de lua parto de pfofito.— FIS
ftizi-o: (med.) phthisis, consumption; -ika, -iko: consumptive. — DEFIS
fudro: ton, large cask. Def.: Tre granda barelo (de 800 litri e plu multo); V-418. — DF
fuel-o: (2001) fuel, combustible.
fug-ar: (tr., intr.) to flee (from), run away; -eskar: to take flight; -igar: to put (ulu) to flight, drive away, rout; -o: running away, flight, rout; (mus.) fugue; -anta, -inta, -ema: fugitive, fleeting, transient; -anto, -ero: fugitive, runaway. Ex.: Ni fugas de la enemiko. Ni fugigas la enemiko. Tempo fugas. La fugo ad Egiptia. Fuganta sklavo. Ca vivo esas fuganta (E. transient). — FIR
fugas-o: (milit.) fougasse: an improvised mortar constructed by making a hollow in the ground or rock and filling it with explosives and projectiles.
fuin-o: (zool.) common (or beech-) marten (Mustela Foina). — FISL
fuk-o: (bot.) fucus, sea-weed, kelp. Def.: Ordinara genero di algo. — EFIS
ful-ar: (tr.) to tread (grapes), trample on (ulo); to full (cloth) (cf. tramplar). Def.: Pedo-presar (ulo) o marchar sur (ulo); (fig.) specala maniero traktar drapi; VI-114. Ex.: Fular la vitberi. La kavali fulis la gazono e la flori. — EFI
fulard-o: (fabric) foulard; (fig.) a silk handkerchief. — DEFR
fulgur-ar: (intr.) to fulgurate, flash as or like lightning (cf. fulminar); -pulvero: (photog.) flash-light powder.
fulgurit-o: (geol.) fulgurite. — DEFIRS
fuligin-o: soot; -oza, -atra: sooty, fuliginous; -ea: s. colored. — EFIS
fulk-o: (orni.) (bald) coot (genus: Fulica). — FISL
