frontal

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun an adornment worn on the forehead
  2. noun a drapery that covers the front of an altar
  3. noun the face or front of a building

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin frontālis, from frons (“the forehead, brow, front”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix), equivalent to front + -al; cognate of French frontal. Doublet of frontalis.

In classic literature

Synonyms

frontlet

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