Meanings
nounfrogspawn (uncountable)
alternative frog spawn
- uncountableA gelatinous mass of frogs' eggs, laid in ponds and ditches.
Origin
Translations
Catalan ous de granota
- ous de granotafrogs' eggs
Chinese Mandarin 蛙卵
- 蛙卵 (wāluǎn)frogs' eggs
Danish frøyngel
- frøyngelfrogs' eggs
Dutch kikkerdril
- kikkerdrilfrogs' eggs
Finnish sammakonkutu
- sammakonkutufrogs' eggs
French œufs de grenouille
- œufs de grenouillefrogs' eggs
German Froschlaich
- Froschlaichfrogs' eggs
Greek αβγά βατράχου
- αβγά βατράχου (avgá vatráchou)frogs' eggs
Hebrew ביצי צפרדע
- ביצי צפרדעfrogs' eggs
Hungarian békapete
- békapetefrogs' eggs
Irish glóthach fhroig, sceathrach fhroig
- glóthach fhroigfrogs' eggs
- sceathrach fhroigfrogs' eggs
- sceith fhroigfrogs' eggs
Italian uova di rana
- uova di ranafrogs' eggs
Japanese 蛙の卵
- 蛙の卵 (kaeru no tamago)frogs' eggs
Lithuanian kurkulai
- kurkulaifrogs' eggs
Norwegian Bokmål froskerogn
- froskerognfrogs' eggs
Polish skrzek
- skrzekfrogs' eggs
Portuguese ovas de rã
- ovas de rãfrogs' eggs
Russian лягуша́чья икра́
- лягуша́чья икра́ (ljagušáčʹja ikrá)frogs' eggs
Scottish Gaelic sgeith-losgainn, glothagach
- sgeith-losgainnfrogs' eggs
- glothagachfrogs' eggs
Spanish huevas de rana
- huevas de ranafrogs' eggs
Swedish grodrom
- grodromfrogs' eggs
Tamil தவளைச்சினை
- தவளைச்சினை (tavaḷaicciṉai)frogs' eggs
Turkish kurbağa yumurtası
- kurbağa yumurtasıfrogs' eggs
Ukrainian жабери́на
- жабери́на (žaberýna)frogs' eggs
Cite this entry
APA
frogspawn. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frogspawn
MLA
“frogspawn.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frogspawn. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “frogspawn,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frogspawn.
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