Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

affronté

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: af-fronte
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Face to face, or with the fronts facing each other.

adj

Looking frontwise, or toward the viewer.

Example Sentences

"... viz. quarterly, first and fourth gules, on a cheveron argent, a rose betwixt two lions affronté gules, for Hepburn; second and third argent, an orle gules, and in chief three martlets sable, for Rutherford; crest, a horse[…]"
"[…] earliest designs were geometric, birds affronté (facing one another), peacocks, pomegranates, unicorns, pelicans, and […]"
"The crest of SCOTLAND [ - A lion affronté gules, crowned imperially Or, in the dexter paw a sceptre erect, surmounted by a fleur de lis gold; in the[…] ]"
"[…]; and (5) an ostrich feather with a scroll on the quill reading “Sovereign”, supported by a lion sejeant-affronté (seated, looking towards the viewer), but with the dexter paw holding the quill (Rothery, p.202)."

Etymology

Borrowed from French affronté, past participle of affronter (“to confront, face”).

Inflected Forms

affrontée (alternative) affrontee (alternative) affronty (alternative)

Synonyms

confronté affronted affrontant

Antonyms

addorsed

Questions

What does affronté mean?: Face to face, or with the fronts facing each other.
Where does affronté come from?: Borrowed from French affronté, past participle of affronter (“to confront, face”).

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