how to pronounce frog

/ˈfɹɑːɡ/

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frog is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of frog in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… by the time he made frog land he changed …”

meanings of frog

noun:

The part of a railway switch or turnout where the running-rails cross (from the resemblance to the frog in a horse's hoof).
An ornate fastener for clothing consisting of an oblong button (covered with netted thread), toggle, or knot, that fits through a loop.
A French-speaking person from Quebec.
The depression in the upper face of a pressed or handmade clay brick.
Road. Shorter, more common form of frog and toad.
A leather or fabric loop used to attach a sword or bayonet, or its scabbard, to a waist or shoulder belt.
Alternative form of frog (“French person").
The part of a violin bow (or that of other similar string instruments such as the viola, cello and contrabass) located at the end held by the player, to which the horsehair is attached.
A French person.
An organ on the bottom of a horse's hoof that assists in the circulation of blood.
A small tailless amphibian of the order Anura that typically hops.

verb:

To use a pronged plater to transfer (cells) to another plate.
To unravel part of (a knitted garment) while knitting it in order to correct a mistake.
To hunt or trap frogs.
To spatchcock (a chicken).
To ornament or fasten a coat, etc. with frogs.

frog frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word frog occurs in english on average 9.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics frog can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that frog can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) life, nature, and living environment;

3) transport and travel;