Meanings
nountree frog (plural tree frogs)
plural tree frogs
- A frog of the family Hylidae, of small size and more elegant in form than the true frogs (family Ranidae), often with a bright coloration.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounarboreal amphibians usually having adhesive disks at the tip of each toe; of southeast Asia and Australia and America
Similar
tree toadtree-frog
nounany of various Old World arboreal frogs distinguished from true frogs by adhesive suckers on the toes
Similar
tree-frog
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Origin
Translations
Arabic ضِفْدَع شَجَر
- ضِفْدَع شَجَر (ḍifdaʕ šajar)frog of the family Hylidae
Catalan granota arborícola
- granota arborícolafrog of the family Hylidae
Chinese Mandarin 樹蛙 /树蛙
- 樹蛙 /树蛙 (shùwā)frog of the family Hylidae
Czech rosnička
- rosničkafrog of the family Hylidae
Dutch boomkikker
- boomkikkerfrog of the family Hylidae
Finnish lehtisammakko
- lehtisammakkofrog of the family Hylidae
French rainette
- rainettefrog of the family Hylidae
German Baumfrosch, Laubfrosch
- Baumfroschfrog of the family Hylidae
- Laubfroschfrog of the family Hylidae
- Europäischer Laubfroschfrog of the family Hylidae
Greek δενδροβάτραχος, δεντροβάτραχος
- δενδροβάτραχος (dendrovátrachos)frog of the family Hylidae
- δεντροβάτραχος (dentrovátrachos)frog of the family Hylidae
Hebrew אִילָנִית
- אִילָנִית (ilanít)frog of the family Hylidae
Irish frog crainn
- frog crainnfrog of the family Hylidae
Italian raganella
- raganellafrog of the family Hylidae
Korean 청개구리과
- 청개구리과 (cheonggaegurigwa)frog of the family Hylidae
Persian قورباغه درختی, داروک
- قورباغه درختی (qurbâġe-ye deraxti)frog of the family Hylidae
- داروک (dârvak)frog of the family Hylidae
Polish rzekotka drzewna
- rzekotka drzewnafrog of the family Hylidae
Portuguese perereca
- pererecafrog of the family Hylidae
Romanian brotac, broatec
- brotacfrog of the family Hylidae
- broatecfrog of the family Hylidae
Russian древе́сница f квакша
- древе́сница f квакша (drevésnica)frog of the family Hylidae
Spanish rana arborícola
- rana arborícolafrog of the family Hylidae
Swedish lövgroda
- lövgrodafrog of the family Hylidae
Thai ปาด
- ปาด (bpàat)frog of the family Hylidae
Turkish ağaç kurbağası
- ağaç kurbağasıfrog of the family Hylidae
Vietnamese nhái
- nháifrog of the family Hylidae
Welsh broga dringol
- broga dringolfrog of the family Hylidae
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with tree frog
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APA
tree frog. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tree%20frog
MLA
“tree frog.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tree%20frog. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tree frog,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tree%20frog.
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