Meanings
plural frog's-eye views · alternative frog's view · alternative frog view
- A point of view from the ground or from within a system.
Flat on the ground, the specialized inquirer has a frog's-eye view (BGE, 2/10).
2010, Kurt Pritzl, Truth: Studies of a Robust Presence, →ISBN, page 2482 more examples
Not only the accustomed frontal and profile-views but also the view from above, the bird's-eye view, and that from below, the frog's-eye view, were recorded.
1995, Gyorgy Kepes, Language of Vision, →ISBN, page 91This contrast between the expressionism of Crawford Manor and the deliberate damming of expression in Guild House is “dramatized” by the strikingly different photographic perspectives of the two exteriors: a frog's-eye view of the undulating, striated, and chiaroscuro-lit balconies of the "soaring tower" is juxtaposed with a "deadpan" view of the tightly cropped, shadowless facade of Guild House (figure 3.4).
2008, Aron Vinegar, I Am a Monument: On Learning from Las Vegas, →ISBN, page 57Synonyms: worm's-eye view
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA point of view from the ground or from within a system.
Origin
By contrast to bird's-eye view.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Dutch kikvorsperspectief, kikkerperspectief
- kikvorsperspectiefpoint of view from the ground or from within a system
- kikkerperspectiefpoint of view from the ground or from within a system
French contre-plongée, contreplongée
- contre-plongéepoint of view from the ground or from within a system
- contreplongéepoint of view from the ground or from within a system
German Froschperspektive
- Froschperspektivepoint of view from the ground or from within a system
Hungarian békaperspektíva
- békaperspektívapoint of view from the ground or from within a system
Polish z żabiej perspektywy
- z żabiej perspektywypoint of view from the ground or from within a system
Spanish plano contrapicado
- plano contrapicadopoint of view from the ground or from within a system
Swedish grodperspektiv
- grodperspektivpoint of view from the ground or from within a system
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frog's-eye view. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frog's-eye%20view
“frog's-eye view.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frog's-eye%20view. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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