freight

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• enPR: frāt, IPA: /freɪt/, 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. 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: frèt (fr) German: Fracht (de) f.

Greek: φορτίο (el) (fortío) n. 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. Polish: fracht (pl) m.

Russian: перевозка (ru) (perevózka) f., фрахт (ru) (fraxt) m., транспортировка (ru) (transportiróvka) f. Spanish: carga (es)

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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)

to load with freight

Greek: φορτώνω (el) (fortóno)

Anagrams

• fighter
• refight

See also

• Freight in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.