frein
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old French frein, from Latin frēnum. Cognate with Portuguese freio and Spanish freno.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
frein m (plural freins)
- (chiefly obsolete) bit (equipment put in a horse's mouth)
- Synonym: mors
- brake (of a vehicle, etc.)
- (figuratively) restraint, reserve
- (anatomy) frenulum
- Synonym: filet
- frein de la langue ― frenulum linguae
- frein du prépuce ― frenulum preputii penis
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Khmer: ហ្វ្រ័ង (frang)
- → Ottoman Turkish: فرن (fren), فرهن (fren)
- Turkish: fren
- → Vietnamese: phanh
Further reading[edit]
- “frein”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French[edit]
Noun[edit]
frein oblique singular, m (oblique plural freinz, nominative singular freinz, nominative plural frein)
- bit (equipment put in a horse's mouth)
Descendants[edit]
- French: frein
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