fri

See also: Fri, frí, frî, and -fri

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Frisian, from Middle English Frisoun, from Old French frison, from Latin Frīsiī.

Symbol

fri

1. (international standards, obsolete) Former ISO 639-3 language code for Western Frisian.

Bislama

Etymology

From English free.

Adjective

fri

1. 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)

1. (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)

1. to propose (to ask for one's hand in marriage)

   Synonym: bejle

Conjugation

Conjugation of fri

active passive present frir or frier fris or fries past friede friedes infinitive fri fris or fries imperative fri — participle present friende past friet (auxiliary verb have) gerund frien

Derived terms

• frier (“suitor”)
• frieri (“proposal”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle Low German vrī.

Adjective

fri (neuter frit, plural and definite singular attributive frie)

1. free
2. vacant, unoccupied
3. available

Declension

Inflection of fri

	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	fri	friere	friest2
indefinite neuter singular	frit	friere	friest2
plural	frie	friere	friest2
definite attributive1	frie	friere	frieste

¹ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
² The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

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)

1. to free (to make free)

Conjugation

Conjugation of fri

active passive present frir or frier fris or fries past friede friedes infinitive fri fris or fries imperative fri — participle present friende past friet (auxiliary verb have) gerund frien

Derived terms

• udfri

References

• “fri” in Den Danske Ordbog