# fre
## Translingual
### Symbol

fre
* (international standards) ISO 639-2/B language code for French.

## Albanian
### Alternative forms

* frê — Gheg

### Etymology

Borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin frēnum. Compare Romanian frâu.

### Noun

fre m (plural frerë, definite freri, definite plural frerët)
* bridle
* constraint
* harness
* rein

#### Declension

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### Further reading

* “fre”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
* FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎, 1980

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin frēnum (compare Occitan fren, French frein, Spanish freno).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈfɾɛ]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ˈfɾə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈfɾe]

### Noun

fre m (plural frens)
* brake
* (anatomy) frenulum
    Synonyms: tel de la llengua, fre de la llengua, fre lingual
* bit (part of a bridle)
    Synonym: mos

#### Derived terms

* electrofrèfrenellfrenerservofrè

#### Related terms

* frenar

### 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, 2025
* “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.

## Franco-Provençal
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfrœ/

### Noun

fre (Fribourgeois)
* Alternative form of fromâjo (“cheese”)

### References

* fromage in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca

## Mauritian Creole
### Etymology

From French frais.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fɰe/

### Adjective

fre
* chilly
* chilled
* cold
* fresh

#### Antonyms

* so

#### Related terms

* freser

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* free, freo, vre, vreo, fri, vri, vry

### 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 Middle English) IPA: /frøː/
* IPA: /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 freAnd 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

#### Antonyms

* unfre

#### Related terms

* fredom
* freen
* frend

#### Descendants

* English: free
* Scots: fre

#### References

* “frẹ̄, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-24.

### Adverb

fre
* freely, lacking opposition
* With glee, enthusiastically

#### 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).

### Adjective

fre (comparative mair fre, superlative maist fre)
* free

### Verb

fre (third-person singular simple present fres, present participle frein, simple past fret, past participle fret)
* to free

## Swedish
### Noun

fre
* Abbreviation of fredag (“Friday”).

### See also

* days of the week: veckodagar (appendix): måndag · tisdag · onsdag · torsdag · fredag · lördag · söndag

### Anagrams

* ref