fre
Translingual
Albanian
Etymology
Borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin frēnum. Compare Romanian frâu.
Catalan
Noun
fre m (plural frens)
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Further reading
- “fre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “fre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “fre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “fre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Mauritian Creole
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fʁe/
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Middle English
Etymology
Inherited from Old English frēo, from Proto-West Germanic *frī, from Proto-Germanic *frijaz. Some forms are from friġ, an alternate Old English form.
Pronunciation
- (Early ME) IPA(key): /frøː/
- IPA(key): /freː/, /friː/
- Rhymes: -eː
Adjective
fre (plural and weak singular fre, comparative frerre, superlative freest)
- free, independent, unrestricted:
- Having the status of a freeman, not enslaved.
- Liberated from iniquity; redeemed.
- c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Joon 8:32, page 38v, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:
- / and ȝe ſchulen knowe þe treuþe .· ⁊ þe treuþe ſchal make ȝou fre
- And you'll know the truth, and the truth will make you free.
- Free from a duty, tax, or obligation.
- Having free action or free will.
- unblocked, clear, useable
- charitable, polite, virtuous
References
- “frẹ̄, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-24.
References
- “frẹ̄, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-24.
Scots
Alternative forms
- free, frey
Etymology
From Middle English fre, freo, from Old English frēo (“free”), from Proto-West Germanic *frī, from Proto-Germanic *frijaz (“beloved, not in bondage”), from Proto-Indo-European *priHós (“dear, beloved”), from *preyH- (“to love, to please”).
Related to English friend. Cognate with West Frisian frij (“free”), Dutch vrij (“free”), Low German free (“free”), German frei (“free”), Friede (“peace”), Danish, Swedish and Norwegian fri (“free”), Sanskrit प्रिय (priyá).