フロント

ふろんと
noun
front desk; reception
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.
フロント一階(いっかい)あります
The front desk is on the first floor.
2. front
The forward-facing part of something.
The windshield cracked.
The front of the car got scratched.
The front part of this building is entirely made of glass.

フロント in Japanese primarily refers to a hotel's front desk or reception area.

ETYMOLOGY:
From English "front." The meaning has narrowed in Japanese to primarily mean hotel reception.

COMMON EXPRESSIONS:

  • フロントに電話(でんわ)する: to call the front desk
  • フロントで(かぎ)()()る: to pick up keys at reception
  • フロントに(あず)ける: to leave at the front desk
  • フロント(がかり): front desk clerk/receptionist

OTHER MEANINGS:

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