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frete

See also: frété and frète

Dalmatian

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Etymology

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

Noun

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frete (fpl)

  1. (in the plural) pancakes
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Galician

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Etymology 1

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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

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Noun

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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
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References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “flete”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Etymology 2

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Verb

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frete

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

Latin

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Adjective

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frēte

  1. vocative masculine singular of frētus

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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frete

  1. Alternative form of fret (“ring, loop”)

Etymology 2

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Verb

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frete

  1. Alternative form of freten (“to eat”)

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from French fret.[1][2]

Noun

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frete m (plural fretes)

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

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Verb

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frete

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

References

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  1. ^ “frete”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
  2. ^ “frete”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

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Noun

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frete m (plural fretes)

  1. (heraldry) fret

Verb

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frete

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

Further reading

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