fred

Etymology

From Old Occitan (compare Occitan fred, freid, freg), from Latin frīgidus (“cold, cool, chilling”) (through a contracted Vulgar Latin or Late Latin form fridus, attested in a Pompeian inscription, or frigdus, fricdus, in the Appendix Probi; compare French froid, Italian freddo, Spanish frío), from frīgeō, frīgēre (“be cold”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾət/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾɛt/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾet/

Adjective

fred (feminine freda, masculine plural freds, feminine plural fredes)

1. cold, cool

Noun

fred m, f (plural freds)

1. cold

   tinc fred

   I'm cold

Etymology

From Old Danish frith, from Old Norse friðr, from Proto-Germanic *friþuz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fred/, [fʁ̥æð]

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Noun

fred c (singular definite freden, not used in plural form)

1. peace

Etymology

From Old Norse friðr, from Proto-Germanic *friþuz.

Noun

fred m (definite singular freden)

1. peace

References

• “fred” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology

From Old Norse friðr, from Proto-Germanic *friþuz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /freː/, /freːd/

Noun

fred m (definite singular freden)

1. peace

References

• “fred” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) fraid
• (Sursilvan, Surmiran) freid

Etymology

From Latin frīgidus (“cold, cool, chilling”) (through a contracted Vulgar Latin or Late Latin form fridus, attested in a Pompeian inscription, or frigdus, fricdus), from frīgeō, frīgēre (“be cold”).

Adjective

fred m (feminine singular freda, masculine plural freds, feminine plural fredas)

1. (Sutsilvan) cold

Etymology

From Old Norse friðr, from Proto-Germanic *friþuz.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -eːd

Noun

fred c

1. peace
2. a peace treaty

References

• fred in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)

Noun

fred (plural freds)

1. joy