fren

See also: fren'

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: frĕn, IPA^(key): /fɹɛn/
• Rhymes: -ɛn

Etymology 1

From Middle English frenne, contracted from forrene (“foreign”). See foreign (adjective).

Noun

fren (plural frens)

1. (obsolete) A stranger.
   • 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Aprill. Aegloga Quarta.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC; reprinted as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, The Shepheardes Calender […], London: John C. Nimmo, […], 1890, →OCLC:

     So now his friend is changed for a fren

References

• “fren”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Etymology 2

Noun

fren (plural frens or frenz)

1. Pronunciation spelling of friend.
2. (Internet slang) A fellow, a friend.

   Antonym: nonfren

3. (alt-right, Internet slang) A fellow white nationalist or fascist, a comrade on the far right.

   Antonym: nonfren

Usage notes

• After gaining popularity online as part of DoggoLingo-style slang, fren later came to prominence on sites such as 4chan and the subreddit /r/frenworld as a dog whistle used by far-right white nationalists and fascists to refer to each other. This use is associated with the Apu Apustaja variation of the meme Pepe the Frog. It has been reinterpreted in this context as standing for “far-right ethno-nationalist” (a backronym).

Anagrams

• Fern, fern, nerf

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin frēnum.

Noun

fren m (plural frens)

1. brake
2. bit
3. restraint, curb, check, bridle

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Derived from English friend.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fɹen/

Noun

fren (plural fren dem, quantified fren)

1. friend
   • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 3 Jan 1:1:

     Da leta ya a kom fram mi, di elda — tu mi speshal fren, Gaiyos. Mi fren, mi riili riili lov yu.

     This letter comes from the elder to Gaius, my dear friend, whom I love in the truth.

Further reading

• fren at majstro.com

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin frēnum.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn)

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Noun

fren m (plural frens)

1. bit, bridle
2. brake

Related terms

• frenar

Scots

Pronunciation

• (Hawick) IPA^(key): /ˈfren/

Verb

fren (third-person singular simple present frens, present participle frennin, simple past frennit, past participle frennit)

1. (poetic) To rage; to be in a state of rage.

Derived terms

• frenfi (“furious”)
• frennishin (“state of extreme rage”)
• frennisinly (“frenziedly”)

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish فرن, فره‌ن (fren), from French frein.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɾɛn/
• Hyphenation: fren

Noun

fren (definite accusative freni, plural frenler)

1. (automotive) brake

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	fren
Definite accusative	freni
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fren	frenler
Definite accusative	freni	frenleri
Dative	frene	frenlere
Locative	frende	frenlerde
Ablative	frenden	frenlerden
Genitive	frenin	frenlerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular frenim frenlerim 2nd singular frenin frenlerin 3rd singular freni frenleri 1st plural frenimiz frenlerimiz 2nd plural freniniz frenleriniz 3rd plural frenleri frenleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular frenimi frenlerimi 2nd singular frenini frenlerini 3rd singular frenini frenlerini 1st plural frenimizi frenlerimizi 2nd plural freninizi frenlerinizi 3rd plural frenlerini frenlerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular frenime frenlerime 2nd singular frenine frenlerine 3rd singular frenine frenlerine 1st plural frenimize frenlerimize 2nd plural freninize frenlerinize 3rd plural frenlerine frenlerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular frenimde frenlerimde 2nd singular freninde frenlerinde 3rd singular freninde frenlerinde 1st plural frenimizde frenlerimizde 2nd plural freninizde frenlerinizde 3rd plural frenlerinde frenlerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular frenimden frenlerimden 2nd singular freninden frenlerinden 3rd singular freninden frenlerinden 1st plural frenimizden frenlerimizden 2nd plural freninizden frenlerinizden 3rd plural frenlerinden frenlerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular frenimin frenlerimin 2nd singular freninin frenlerinin 3rd singular freninin frenlerinin 1st plural frenimizin frenlerimizin 2nd plural freninizin frenlerinizin 3rd plural frenlerinin frenlerinin

Derived terms

• fren pedalı
• el freni
• el frenini çekmek
• fren yapmak
• frenleyici
• frenleme
• frenlemek
• havalı fren

References

• Parlatır, İsmail et al. (1998) “fren”, in Türkçe Sözlük, 9th edition, volume I, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 802b