freight

English

Etymology

From Middle English freyght, from Middle Dutch vracht, Middle Low German vrecht (“cost of transport”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *fra- (intensive prefix) + Proto-Germanic *aihtiz (“possession”), from Proto-Indo-European *eiḱ- (“to possess”), equivalent to for- +‎ aught. Cognate with Old High German frēht (“earnings”), Old English ǣht (“owndom”). More at for-, own.

Pronunciation

• enPR: frāt, IPA: /freɪt/, X-SAMPA: /freIt/
• Rhymes: -eɪt

Noun

freight (uncountable)

1. Payment for transportation.

   The freight was more expensive for cars than for coal.

2. Goods or items in transport.

   The freight shifted and the trailer turned over on the highway.

3. Transport of goods.

   They shipped it ordinary freight to spare the expense.

Synonyms

• cargo
• luggage

Derived terms

• freighter
• pay the freight

Translations

payment for transportation

• Dutch: vrachtprijs (nl) m
• Finnish: kuljetusmaksu (fi), rahtimaksu (fi)
• Greek: ναύλος (el) (návlos) m
• Japanese: 貨物輸送運賃 (ja) (かもつゆそううんちん, kamotsu yusō unchin)

• Polish: fracht (pl) m
• Portuguese: frete (pt) m
• Russian: фрахт (ru) (fraxt) m, плата за провоз (ru) (pláta za provóz) f
• Spanish: flete (es)

goods

• Armenian: բեռ (hy) (beṙ)
• Dutch: vracht (nl) m, cargo (nl) m
• Finnish: rahtitavara (fi), rahti (fi)
• French: fret (fr)
• German: Fracht (de) f
• Greek: φορτίο (el) (fortío) n

• Japanese: 貨物 (ja) (かもつ, kamotsu)
• Maori: utanga (mi)
• Polish: fracht (pl) m
• Portuguese: carga (pt) f
• Russian: груз (ru) (gruz) m, фрахт (ru) (fraxt) m
• Scottish Gaelic: luchd (gd) m

transport of goods

• Dutch: vracht (nl) m, cargo (nl) m
• Finnish: kuljetus (fi), rahti (fi)
• Greek: μεταφορά (el) (metaforá) f
• Japanese: 貨物輸送 (ja) (かもつゆそう, kamotsu yusō)

• Polish: fracht (pl) m
• Russian: перевозка (ru) (perevózka) f, фрахт (ru) (fraxt) m, транспортировка (ru) (transportiróvka) f
• Spanish: carga (es)

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Translations to be checked

• Esperanto: ŝarĝo (eo), kargo (eo), frajto (eo)
• French: cargo (fr) m

• Indonesian: muatan (id), kargo (id)
• Korean: 짐 (ko) (jim), 바리 (ko) (bari)

Verb

freight (third-person singular simple present freights, present participle freighting, simple past and past participle freighted)

1. (transitive) To transport (goods).
2. To load with freight.

Derived terms

• fraught

Translations

to transport goods

• Finnish: rahdata (fi)
• Greek: μεταφέρω (el) (metaféro)

• Japanese: 貨物輸送 (ja) (かもつゆそう, kamotsu yusō)
• Norwegian: frakte (no)

to load with freight

• Greek: φορτώνω (el) (fortóno)

• Japanese: 積む (ja) (つむ, tsumu)

Anagrams

• fighter
• refight

See also

• Freight in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.