フロント

ふろんと
noun
front desk, reception, front
1. front desk; reception
The reception area of a hotel where guests check in.
Please pick up your key at the front desk.
Please call the front desk.
The front desk is on the first floor.
2. front
The forward-facing part of something.
フロントガラスが割(わ)れた。
The windshield cracked.
The front of the car got scratched.
The front part of this building is entirely made of glass.

As a word on its own, フロント most often means a hotel's front desk or reception; the general sense "front" appears mostly in technical talk and compounds (フロントガラス, 車(くるま)のフロント).

Etymology

From English "front."

Common expressions

Compounds

  • フロントガラス: windshield (car)
  • フロントライン: front line
  • フロントページ: front page

Similar words

受付(うけつけ) is the general word for reception/front desk in non-hotel contexts.

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