English Online Dictionary. What means fri? What does fri mean?
Bislama
Etymology
From English free.
Adjective
fri
- free; independent
Breton
Etymology
Cognate with Cornish frig (“nostril”); perhaps related to Proto-Celtic *srognā (compare Welsh ffroen (“nostril”), Old Irish srón (“nose”)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfriː/
Noun
fri m (plural frioù)
- (anatomy) nose
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /friː/, [fʁiːˀ]
- (Hardsysselsk) IPA(key): [fʁitʃː]
- Rhymes: -i
- Rhymes: -iː
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Middle Low German vrīen (“to marry”), from Old Saxon friohon.
Verb
fri (imperative fri, present frier or frir, past friede, past participle friet)
- to propose (to ask for one's hand in marriage)
- Synonym: bejle
Conjugation
Derived terms
- frier (“suitor”)
- frieri (“proposal”)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Middle Low German vrī.
Adjective
fri (neuter frit, plural and definite singular attributive frie)
- free
- vacant, unoccupied
- available
Declension
Derived terms
- ufri (“constrained, inhibited, not free”)
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Middle Low German vrīen (“to free”), from the adjective vri (“free”).
Verb
fri (imperative fri, present frier or frir, past friede, past participle friet)
- to free (to make free)
Conjugation
Derived terms
- udfri
References
- “fri” in Den Danske Ordbog
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fri/
- Rhymes: -i
- Hyphenation: fri
Preposition
fri
- (neologism) including the cost of
- mil eŭroj fri haveno
- a thousand euros including shipping costs
- cent dolaroj fri dogano
- one hundred dollars including customs duty
- mil eŭroj fri haveno
Usage notes
Unofficial and technical. In everyday language, this would be expressed with a more wordy phrase.
References
Irish
Preposition
fri (plus dative, triggers h-prothesis)
- obsolete form of fré
Kashubian
Etymology
Borrowed from German frei.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfri/
- Rhymes: -i
- Syllabification: fri
Adjective
fri (not comparable, indeclinable, no derived adverb)
- (obsolete) free
Further reading
- Stefan Ramułt (1893) “fri”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 38
Middle Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish fri, from Proto-Celtic *writ- (compare Welsh wrth, prefix gwrth-), from the zero grade of Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn”) (compare Latin versus (“against”)).
Preposition
fri (takes accusative)
- towards, to
Inflection
- Third-person plural accusative: friu
Descendants
- Classical Gaelic: re
- Irish: re (“to, towards, against”)
- ⇒ Irish: le (conflated with la)
- ⇒ Irish: fa ré, fara, frae (“along with, beside”)
- Manx: rish
- Scottish Gaelic: ri
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German vrī. Cognates include Danish fri, Swedish fri, German frei, Dutch vrij, English free, and Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 (freis).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɾiː/
Adjective
fri (neuter singular fritt, definite singular and plural frie, comparative friere, indefinite superlative friest, definite superlative frieste)
- free, not imprisoned or enslaved
- en fri mann ― a free man
- free, not blocked
- fri ferdsel ― free traffic
- free, no payment necessary
- fri inngang ― free admission
Derived terms
References
- “fri” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /friː/
Etymology 1
From Middle Low German vrī. Akin to English free.
Adjective
fri (neuter singular fritt, definite singular and plural frie, comparative friare, indefinite superlative friast, definite superlative friaste)
- free, not imprisoned or enslaved
- ein fri mann ― a free man
- free, not blocked
- fri ferdsel ― free traffic
- free, no payment necessary
- fri inngang ― free admission
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Middle Low German vrien and Old Norse frjá (“to love”).
Alternative forms
- fria, frie
Verb
fri (present tense frir, past tense fridde, past participle fritt/fridd, passive infinitive friast, present participle friande, imperative fri)
- to propose (marriage)
Derived terms
- friar
- frieri
- frieri
Etymology 3
From Old Norse fría, from fri (Etymology 1).
Alternative forms
- fria, frie
Verb
fri (present tense frir, past tense fridde, past participle fritt/fridd, passive infinitive friast, present participle friande, imperative fri)
- to free
References
Anagrams
- fir
Old Dutch
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *frī.
Adjective
frī
- free, unbound
Declension
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Middle Dutch: vri
- Dutch: vrij
- Afrikaans: vry
- Negerhollands: vri, vrie, fri
- → Aukan: felei
- → Caribbean Javanese: frèi, prèi, pré
- → Indonesian: prei (“holiday, free, doing nothing”)
- → Javanese: ꦥꦿꦺꦲꦶ (prèi)
- → Peranakan Indonesian: vry
- → Sundanese: peré
- Dutch: vrij
Further reading
- “frī”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old English
Adjective
frī
- Alternative form of frēo
Old Frisian
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *frī.
Adjective
fri
- free
Descendants
- Saterland Frisian: fräi
- West Frisian: frij
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *frī.
Adjective
frī
- free
Derived terms
- frīginōz
Descendants
- Middle High German: vrī
- German: frei
- Luxembourgish: fräi
- Vilamovian: frȧj
- Yiddish: פֿרײַ (fray)
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *writ- (compare Welsh wrth, prefix gwrth-), from the zero grade of Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn”) (compare Latin versus (“against”)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɸʲrʲi]
Preposition
fri (takes accusative)
- towards, to
- against
- with
- (governing a verbal noun) about to
- from (with scaraid (“to separate”) and its compounds and synonyms)
- with respect to, with regard to, in regard to
For quotations using this term, see Citations:fri.
Inflection
Forms combined with the definite article:
- fris(s)in (m sg or f sg accusative)
- fris(s)a (n sg accusative)
- frisna (pl accusative)
Forms combined with the relative particle:
- fris(s)a
Forms combined with a possessive determiner:
- frim (first-person singular)
- frit (second-person singular)
- fria (third-person singular/plural)
Descendants
- Middle Irish: fri
- Classical Gaelic: re
- Irish: re (“to, towards, against”)
- ⇒ Irish: le (conflated with la)
- ⇒ Irish: fa ré, fara, frae (“along with, beside”)
- Manx: rish
- Scottish Gaelic: ri
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fri”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) [1909] D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, translation of Handbuch des Alt-Irischen (in German), →ISBN, §§ 433, 839, pages 272–73, 514–15; reprinted 2017
Old Saxon
Etymology 1
From Proto-West Germanic *frī.
Adjective
frī (comparative frīoro, superlative frīost)
- free
Declension
Descendants
- Middle Low German: vri, vrîg
- Low German: fri, free, frigg
- → Danish: fri
- → Estonian: prii
- → Faroese: fríur
- → Latvian: brīvs
- → Livonian: brī
- → Norwegian: fri
- → Swedish: fri
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *frijō.
Noun
frī f
- woman
References
- Joseph Wright, An Old English Grammar (Oxford 1908)
Scots
Etymology
From Old English fram.
Preposition
fri
- (Southern Scots) from
See also
- frae
- thrae
- thri
Sranan Tongo
Etymology
From English free.
Adjective
fri
- free
Verb
fri
- to set free
Noun
fri
- freedom
Swedish
Etymology
From Middle Low German vri, from Old Saxon frī.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /friː/
- Rhymes: -iː
Adjective
fri
- free, unconstrained
- free, not imprisoned, released
- fri mot borgen ― released on bail
- free, without obligations
- free of charge, gratis
Declension
Derived terms
Tarifit
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).
Pronunciation
Verb
fri (Tifinagh spelling ⴼⵔⵉ)
- (transitive) to tear, to rip
Conjugation
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
- Verbal noun: afray
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vriː/
Noun
fri
- Soft mutation of bri.