English

Noun

Fri

1. Abbreviation of Friday.

Translations

Anagrams

• fir, IFR, RFI, RIF

Bislama

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

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German vrīen ‎(“to marry”).

Verb

fri ‎(imperative fri, present frier or frir, past friede, past participle friet)

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

Derived terms

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

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German vrī.

Adjective

fri ‎(neuter frit, e-form frie, comparative friere, superlative (predicative) friest, superlative (attributive) }}})

1. free
2. vacant, unoccupied
3. available

Derived terms

• ufri ‎(“constrained, inhibited, not free”)

Etymology 3

From Middle Low German vrīen ‎(“to free”).

Verb

fri ‎(imperative fri, present frier or frir, past friede, past participle friet)

1. to free (to make free)

References

• “fri” in Den Danske Ordbog

Irish

Preposition

fri ‎(plus dative, triggers h-prothesis)

1. Obsolete spelling of fré

Lojban

Rafsi

fri

1. rafsi of lifri.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German vrī. Cognates include Danish fri, Swedish fri, German frei, Dutch vrei, English free, and Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 ‎(freis)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɾiː/

Adjective

fri ‎(neuter singular fritt, definite singular and plural frie, comparative friere, indefinite superlative friest, definite superlative frieste)

1. free, not imprisoned or enslaved

   en fri mann‎ ― a free man

2. free, not blocked

   fri ferdsel‎ ― free traffic

3. free, no payment necessary

   fri inngang‎ ― free admission

Derived terms

References

• “fri” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German vrī

Adjective

fri ‎(neuter singular fritt, definite singular and plural frie, comparative friare, indefinite superlative friast, definite superlative friaste)

1. free, not imprisoned or enslaved

   ein fri mann‎ ― a free man

2. free, not blocked

   fri ferdsel‎ ― free traffic

3. free, no payment necessary

   fri inngang‎ ― free admission

Derived terms

References

• “fri” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *frijaz, whence also Old Saxon and Old High German frī, Old English frēo. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *prei- ‎(“to be fond of”), *prey-.

Adjective

fri

1. free

Descendants

• West Frisian: frij

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *frijaz, whence also Old Saxon frī, Old English frēo, Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 ‎(freis). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *prei- ‎(“to be fond of”), *prey-.

Adjective

frī

1. free

Descendants

• German: frei

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *writ- (compare Welsh wrth, prefix gwrth-), from Proto-Indo-European *wert- ‎(“to turn”) (compare Latin versus ‎(“against”)).

Preposition

fri

1. towards, to
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 16^d8

     Bíuu-sa oc irbáig dar far cenn-si fri Maccidóndu.‎

     I am boasting about you to the Macedonians.

2. against
3. with

Inflection

Descendants

• Irish: fré

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *frijaz, whence also Old English frēo. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *prei- ‎(“to be fond of”), *prey-.

Adjective

frī (comparative frīoro, superlative frīost)

1. free

Declension

Descendants

• Middle Low German: fri
  • Norwegian: fri
  • Swedish: fri
  • Danish: fri

Scots

Preposition

fri

1. (South Scots) from

See also

• frae
• thrae
• thri

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German vri, from Old Saxon frī, from Proto-Germanic *frijaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /friː/
• Rhymes: -iː

Adjective

fri

1. free, unconstrained
2. free, not imprisoned, released

   fri mot borgen‎ ― released on bail

3. free, without obligations

   Du är fri att göra som du vill.‎

   You are free to do as you please.

4. free of charge, gratis

Declension

Derived terms

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vriː/

Noun

fri

1. Soft mutation of bri.

Mutation