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fred

See also: Fred and frêd

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Etymology

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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”).

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Adjective

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

  1. cold, cool
    Antonym: calent

Noun

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fred m or f (plural freds)

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

Usage notes

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

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Danish

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Etymology 1

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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

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

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

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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fred

  1. imperative of frede
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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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fred m (definite singular freden)

  1. peace

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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fred m (definite singular freden)

  1. peace

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Romansch

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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

  1. (Sutsilvan) cold

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Swedish

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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fred c

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

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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.

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

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Anagrams

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Volapük

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Noun

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fred (nominative plural freds)

  1. joy
    • 1932, Arie de Jong, Leerboek der Wereldtaal, page 21:
      O fred kion!
      Oh, what joy!

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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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