-free

See also: free

English

Etymology

From Middle English -fre, -freo (as in scotfre, gauelfre, gafolfreo, etc.), from Old English -frēo ("free; free from"; as in scotfrēo, gafolfrēo), from Proto-West Germanic *-frī (“-free”). Compare Dutch -vrij (“-free”), German -frei (“-free”), Danish -fri (“-free”), Swedish -fri (“-free”), Norwegian -fri (“-free”). More at free.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fɹiː/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -iː
Homophone: free

Suffix

-free

free from; devoid of; without

Synonyms

(without): an-, ex-, -less

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -free

bilge-free
cage-free
cell-free
class-free
content-free
cost-free
dogfree
DRM-free
fault-free
license-free
noise-free
pollution-free
post-free
royalty-free
rust-free
shot-free
side-effect-free

Translations

See also translations of individual words formed from this combining form

free from; without

Czech: bez- (cs)
Dutch: -vrij
Esperanto: sen- (eo)
French: (before the word combined with) sans (fr)
German: -frei (de)
Hungarian: -mentes (hu), nélküli (hu)
Italian: (before the word combined with) senza (it)
Norwegian: -fri
Portuguese: sem (pt) (before the word combined with), livre de (before the word combined with)
Russian: без- (ru) (bez-), бес- (ru) (bes-) (before voiceless consonants)
Spanish: sin (es) (before the word combined with), libre de (before the word combined with)
Swedish: -fri (sv)
Turkish: -sız (tr), -siz (tr)

Anagrams

feer, fere, reef

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