frete

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See also: frété and frète

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin frīctae, plural of frīcta, feminine of frīctus.

Noun

frete (fpl)

  1. (in the plural) pancakes

Galician

Etymology 1

Attested since 1433 (the derived verb fretar since the 13th century). Borrowing from Old French fret, from Middle Dutch vrecht (cost of transport), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *fra- (intensive prefix) + *aihtiz (possession). Cognate with Portuguese frete and Spanish flete.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

frete m (plural fretes)

  1. charge (demand of payment in exchange for the transportation of goods or services)
  2. freight, cargo
    • 1433, Á. Rodríguez González & J. Armas Castro (eds.), Minutario notarial de Pontevedra (1433-1435). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 36:
      do dia que aqui chegar a XV dias sea descargado et pago de seu frete
      in 15 days since the day that it here arrives it must be unloaded and paid for its freight
    Synonym: carga
  3. charter (temporary hiring of a vehicle for transportation of freight)
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “flete”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Etymology 2

Verb

frete

  1. inflection of fretar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Latin

Adjective

frēte

  1. vocative masculine singular of frētus

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

frete

  1. Alternative form of fret (ring, loop)

Etymology 2

Verb

frete

  1. Alternative form of freten (to eat)

Old English

Pronunciation

Verb

frete

  1. inflection of fretan:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. singular present subjunctive

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French fret.[1][2]

Noun

frete m (plural fretes)

  1. freight
  2. shipping (charge)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

frete

  1. inflection of fretar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

References

  1. ^ frete”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024
  2. ^ frete”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082024

Spanish

Noun

frete m (plural fretes)

  1. (heraldry) fret

Verb

frete

  1. inflection of fretar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

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