See also: frété and frète

Dalmatian edit

Etymology edit

From Latin frīctae, plural of frīcta, feminine of frīctus.

Noun edit

frete (fpl)

  1. (in the plural) pancakes

Related terms edit

Galician edit

Etymology 1 edit

Attested since 1433 (the derived verb fretar since the 13th century). Borrowing from Old French fret, from Middle Dutch vrecht (cost of transport), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *fra- (intensive prefix) + *aihtiz (possession). Cognate with Portuguese frete and Spanish flete.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

frete m (plural fretes)

  1. charge (demand of payment in exchange for the transportation of goods or services)
  2. freight, cargo
    • 1433, Á. Rodríguez González & J. Armas Castro (eds.), Minutario notarial de Pontevedra (1433-1435). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 36:
      do dia que aqui chegar a XV dias sea descargado et pago de seu frete
      in 15 days since the day that it here arrives it must be unloaded and paid for its freight
    Synonym: carga
  3. charter (temporary hiring of a vehicle for transportation of freight)
Derived terms edit

References edit

  • fretar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • fret” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • frete” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • frete” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “flete”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

frete

  1. inflection of fretar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Latin edit

Adjective edit

frēte

  1. vocative masculine singular of frētus

Middle English edit

Etymology 1 edit

Noun edit

frete

  1. Alternative form of fret (ring, loop)

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

frete

  1. Alternative form of freten (to eat)

Portuguese edit

Pronunciation edit

 

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from French fret.[1][2]

Noun edit

frete m (plural fretes)

  1. freight
  2. shipping (charge)
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

frete

  1. inflection of fretar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

References edit

Spanish edit

Noun edit

frete m (plural fretes)

  1. (heraldry) fret

Verb edit

frete

  1. inflection of fretar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading edit