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fred

See also: Fred and frêd

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Etymology edit

Inherited from Latin frīgidus (“cold, cool, chilling”) (through a contracted Vulgar Latin or Late Latin form fridus, attested in a Pompeian inscription, or frigdus, fricdus, in the Appendix Probi; compare Occitan fred/freid/freg, French froid, Italian freddo, Spanish frío), from frīgeō, frīgēre (“be cold”).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

fred (feminine freda, masculine plural freds, feminine plural fredes)

  1. cold, cool
    Antonym: calent

Noun edit

fred m or f (plural freds)

  1. cold
    Antonym: calor
    tinc fred ― I'm cold

Usage notes edit

  • The feminine form of the noun is dialectal (Central, Nord). most likely derived from spanish.

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Further reading edit

Danish edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Danish frith, from Old Norse friðr, from Proto-Germanic *friþuz, cognate with Swedish fred, frid, German Frieden, Dutch vrede.

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Noun edit

fred c (singular definite freden, not used in plural form)

  1. peace
Declension edit
Declension of fred
common
gender 		Singular
indefinite definite
nominative fred freden
genitive freds fredens

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /freːˀð/, [ˈfʁ̥æˀð], [ˈfʁ̥æðˀ]

Verb edit

fred

  1. imperative of frede
Derived terms edit

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Norwegian Bokmål edit

 
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Etymology edit

From Old Norse friðr, from Proto-Germanic *friþuz.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

fred m (definite singular freden)

  1. peace

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Norwegian Nynorsk edit

 
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Etymology edit

From Old Norse friðr, from Proto-Germanic *friþuz.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

fred m (definite singular freden)

  1. peace

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Romansch edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Latin frīgidus (“cold, cool, chilling”) (through a contracted Vulgar Latin or Late Latin form fridus, attested in a Pompeian inscription, or frigdus, fricdus), from frīgeō, frīgēre (“be cold”).

Adjective edit

fred m (feminine singular freda, masculine plural freds, feminine plural fredas)

  1. (Sutsilvan) cold

Synonyms edit

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse friðr, from Proto-Germanic *friþuz (cf. German Low German: Freed, Freden, as another possible influence).

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Noun edit

fred c

  1. peace
  2. a peace treaty
    freden i Versailles ― the treaty of Versailles

Usage notes edit

Fred is peace as opposite of war or similar concrete conflicts. For peace as opposite to chaos, disturbance or anxiety the word frid is used.

Declension edit

Declension of fred 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative fred freden freder frederna
Genitive freds fredens freders fredernas

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Volapük edit

Noun edit

fred (nominative plural freds)

  1. joy

Declension edit

declension of fred
singular plural
nominative fred freds
genitive freda fredas
dative frede fredes
accusative fredi fredis
vocative 1 o fred! o freds!
predicative 2 fredu fredus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

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