frais

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French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle French frais, from Old French freis, from Vulgar Latin *friscum. Related to English fresh. Doublet of fresque.

Adjective

frais (feminine fraîche or fraiche, masculine plural frais, feminine plural fraîches or fraiches)

  1. fresh
    Il est frais mon poisson !
    My fish is fresh!
  2. cool (temperature)
    Une brise fraîche souffla soudain sur mon visage ; je frémis doucement.
    Suddenly a cool breeze blew across my face; I shivered a little.
  3. recent, something that has just happened
    J’aime écouter les nouvelles fraîches du matin.
    I like listening to the recent news in the morning.
Usage notes
  • The traditional feminine form is fraîche, whereas the 1990 spelling reform brought in fraiche.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Oblique plural of Old French fret, frait, from Latin fractum.

Noun

frais m pl (plural only)

  1. cost, charge
Usage notes

This meaning is a plurale tantum in Standard French, though the singular le frais is occasionally encountered, especially in Canadian French.

Derived terms

Further reading

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Irish

Alternative forms

Pronoun

frais (emphatic frais-sean)

  1. third-person singular masculine of fré

Middle French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old French freis. Doublet of frisque.

Adjective

frais m (feminine singular fraische, masculine plural frais, feminine plural fraisches)

  1. fresh

Descendants

  • French: frais m, fraîche f

Norman

Etymology

Inherited from Old French freis, from Vulgar Latin *friscum.

Pronunciation

Adjective

frais m

  1. (France) fresh

Derived terms

Occitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Occitan , from Latin fraxinus. Compare Catalan freixe.

Pronunciation

Noun

frais m (plural fraiss)

  1. common ash (Fraxinus excelsior L.)[1]

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Gui Benoèt (2008) Las plantas, Toulouse: IEO Edicions, →ISBN, p. 264.
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