fru

See also: Fru and frú

Danish

Etymology

From frue (“mistress, lady, wife”), from late Old Norse frú, from Old Saxon frūa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fru/, [fʁ̥o]

Noun

fru (abbreviated fr.)

  1. Mrs, mistress

Irish

Pronoun

fru (emphatic frusan)

  1. Alternative form of faru

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fru fhru bhfru
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

fru (abbreviated fr.)

  1. Mrs (Used when addressing a married woman followed by her last name - or (usually on letters, etc.) even with her full name)
    God morgen, fru Hansen.
    Good morning, Mrs Hansen.

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

fru (abbreviated fr.)

  1. Mrs (Used when addressing a married woman followed by her last name - or (usually on letters, etc.) even with her full name)
    God morgon, fru Hansen.
    Good morning, Mrs Hansen.

References

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse frú, frúa and frúva.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /frʉː/
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  • Rhymes: -ʉː

Noun

fru c

  1. lady
  2. wife; married woman

Declension

Declension of fru 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative fru frun fruar fruarna
Genitive frus fruns fruars fruarnas

Synonyms

Antonyms

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