fres

See also: frés and frès

Old French

Alternative forms

freis, fresche

Etymology

From Frankish *frisk, from Proto-Germanic *friskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *preisk.

Adjective

fres m (oblique and nominative feminine singular fresche)

fresh; new

Declension

Declension of fres

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Subject	fres	fresche	fres
Singular	Oblique	fres	fresche	fres
Plural	Subject	fres	fresches	fres
Plural	Oblique	fres	fresches	fres

Descendants

Middle French: frais, fres, frez, freis, fresche, freche
- French: frais m, fraîche f
Norman: frais m, fraîche f (Jèrriais)
Picard: frèch' m, frèche f (Arthois), fraîche (Ch'ti)
Walloon: fris, fris' m, frisse f (Charleroi, Forrières, Liégeois)

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse fræs f (“whizzing, hissing”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [fréːs]
Rhymes: -éːs

Noun

fres n

hissing, sough from frying in pan
whistling and foam of a cataract
huff, dissatisfaction

Derived terms

djęddfres

Related terms

frees
frøs

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