# frete
## Dalmatian
### Etymology

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

### Noun

frete (fpl)
* (in the plural) pancakes

#### Related terms

* fregur

## Galician
### Etymology 1

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.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfɾɛte̝/

#### Noun

frete m (plural fretes)
* charge (demand of payment in exchange for the transportation of goods or services)
* 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 fretein 15 days since the day that it here arrives it must be unloaded and paid for its freight
    Synonym: carga
* charter (temporary hiring of a vehicle for transportation of freight)

##### Derived terms

* fretador
* fretar
* fretaxe

#### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “fretar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “fret”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “frete”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “frete”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “flete”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

frete
* inflection of fretar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Latin
### Adjective

frēte
* vocative masculine singular of frētus

## Middle English
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

frete
* Alternative form of fret (“ring, loop”)

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

frete
* Alternative form of freten (“to eat”)

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfre.te/

### Verb

frete
* inflection of fretan:
** first-person singular present indicative
** singular present subjunctive

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈfɾɛ.t͡ʃi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈfɾɛ.t͡ʃi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈfɾɛ.te/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈfɾɛ.tɨ/
* Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ɛtɨ
* Hyphenation: fre‧te

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from French fret.

#### Noun

frete m (plural fretes)
* freight
* shipping (charge)

##### Derived terms

* a frete
* cara de frete
* fazer um frete

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

frete
* inflection of fretar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

### References

* ↑ “frete”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
* ↑ “frete”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

## Spanish
### Noun

frete m (plural fretes)
* (heraldry) fret

### Verb

frete
* inflection of fretar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “frete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014