freno
CatalanEdit
VerbEdit
freno
- first-person singular present indicative form of frenar
IdoEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French frein, Italian freno, Spanish freno, Portuguese freio, from Latin frēnum.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
freno (plural freni)
- brake (mechanism used to stop a car in motion)
Derived termsEdit
- frenagar (“to brake”)
ItalianEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
freno m (plural freni)
- brake
- (figuratively) check, curb, control, restraint
- Synonyms: controllo, limite, restrizione
- bit (of a horse)
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- → Greek: φρένο (fréno)
See alsoEdit
Etymology 2Edit
VerbEdit
freno
ReferencesEdit
- ^ freno in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
AnagramsEdit
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
See frenum (“bridle”)
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
frēnō (present infinitive frēnāre, perfect active frēnāvī, supine frēnātum); first conjugation
ConjugationEdit
1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- ⇒ Asturian: sofronar, esfronar
- Italian: frenare (possibly)
- Old French: frener
- French: freiner
- Portuguese: frear; → frenar
- Spanish: frenar (possibly)
NounEdit
frēnō
ReferencesEdit
- “freno”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “freno”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- freno in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) with loose reins: freno remisso; effusis habenis
- (ambiguous) with loose reins: freno remisso; effusis habenis
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Inherited from Latin frēnum. Cognate with Portuguese freio and French frein.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
freno m (plural frenos)
- (automotive) brake (device used to slow or stop the motion of a wheel or vehicle)
- bit (piece of metal placed in a horse's mouth and connected to the reins to direct the animal)
- check, restraint (control, limit, or stop)
- (in the plural, Mexico) braces (device for straightening teeth)
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
VerbEdit
freno
Further readingEdit
- “freno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014