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noun, masculine

fronteau

/fʁɔ̃.to/

noun, masculine/fʁɔ̃.to/plural: fronteaux

frontlet; phylactery (when worn on the forehead)

Inherited from Old French fronteaus, plural of frontel, variant of frontal with a change of suffix (compare frontail as well). Cf. also Medieval Latin frontalis, Latin frontalia, frontale (“frontlet”).