fre

See also: fré and frè

Translingual

Symbol

fre

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2/B language code for French.

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin frēnum. Compare Romanian frâu.

Noun

fre m (plural frerë)

1. bridle
2. constraint
3. harness
4. rein

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin frēnum (compare Occitan fren, French frein, Spanish freno).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈfɾɛ]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈfɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈfɾe]

Noun

fre m (plural frens)

1. brake
2. (anatomy) frenulum

   Synonyms: tel de la llengua, fre de la llengua, fre lingual

3. bit (part of a bridle)

   Synonym: mos

Derived terms

• • electrofrè
  • frenell
  • frener
  • servofrè

   

Related terms

• frenar

Further reading

• “fre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “fre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “fre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “fre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French frais.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʁe/

Adjective

fre

1. chilly
2. chilled
3. cold
4. fresh

Antonyms

• so

Related terms

• freser

Middle English

Alternative forms

• free, freo, vre, vreo, fri, vri, vry

Etymology

Inherited from Old English frēo, from Proto-West Germanic *frī, from Proto-Germanic *frijaz. Some forms are from friġ, an alternate Old English form.

Pronunciation

• (Early ME) IPA^(key): /frøː/
• IPA^(key): /freː/, /friː/
• Rhymes: -eː

Adjective

fre (plural and weak singular fre, comparative frerre, superlative freest)

1. free, independent, unrestricted:
   1. Having the status of a freeman, not enslaved.
   2. Liberated from iniquity; redeemed.
      • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎^[1], published c. 1410, Joon 8:32, page 38v, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:

        / and ȝe ſchulen knowe þe treuþe .· ⁊ þe treuþe ſchal make ȝou fre

        And you'll know the truth, and the truth will make you free.

   3. Free from a duty, tax, or obligation.
   4. Having free action or free will.
2. unblocked, clear, useable
3. charitable, polite, virtuous

Related terms

• fredom
• freen
• frend

Descendants

• English: free
• Scots: fre

References

• “frẹ̄, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-24.

Adverb

fre

1. freely, lacking opposition
2. With glee, enthusiastically

References

• “frẹ̄, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-24.

Scots

Alternative forms

• free, frey

Etymology

From Middle English fre, freo, from Old English frēo (“free”), from Proto-West Germanic *frī, from Proto-Germanic *frijaz (“beloved, not in bondage”), from Proto-Indo-European *priHós (“dear, beloved”), from *preyH- (“to love, to please”).

Related to English friend. Cognate with West Frisian frij (“free”), Dutch vrij (“free”), Low German free (“free”), German frei (“free”), Friede (“peace”), Danish, Swedish and Norwegian fri (“free”), Sanskrit प्रिय (priyá).

Adjective

fre (comparative mair fre, superlative maist fre)

1. free

Verb

fre (third-person singular simple present fres, present participle frein, simple past fret, past participle fret)

1. to free

Swedish

Noun

fre

1. Abbreviation of fredag (“Friday”).

See also

• (days of the week) veckodagar; måndag, tisdag, onsdag, torsdag, fredag, lördag, söndag ^{(Category: sv:Days of the week)}

Anagrams

• ref