fret

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Verb 1.2.1.1 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Derived terms 1.3.1.2 Translations 1.4 Etymology 3 1.4.1 Noun 1.4.1.1 Related terms 1.5 Etymology 4 1.5.1 Noun 2 Dutch 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 3 French 3.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /frɛt/
• Rhymes: -ɛt

[edit] Etymology 1

Old English fretan, from a base corresponding to for- + eat. Cognate with Dutch vreten, German fressen.

[edit] Verb

to fret (third-person singular simple present frets, present participle fretting, simple past fretted or fret, past participle fretted or fretten(usually in compounds))

1. (transitive, obsolete/poetic) To devour, consume.
2. (transitive and intransitive) To gnaw, consume, eat away.
3. (transitive) To chafe or irritate; to worry.
4. (intransitive) To worry or be anxious.

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[edit] Etymology 2

Origin unknown.

[edit] Noun

fret (plural frets)

1. (music) One of the pieces of metal/wood/plastic across the neck of a guitar or other musical instrument that marks note positions for fingering.
2. An ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines (often in relief).

[edit] Derived terms

• fretboard

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[edit] Etymology 3

From Latin fretum (“‘strait, channel’”)

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fret (plural frets)

1. A strait; channel.

[edit] Related terms

• fretum
• transfrete

[edit] Etymology 4

Origin unknown.

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fret (plural frets)

1. (dialectal, North East England) A fog or mist at sea or coming inland from the sea

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Noun

fret m.

1. ferret, Mustela putorius furo

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fret m. (plural frets)

1. (shipping) Freight, cargo fees: the cost of transporting cargo by boat.
2. (by extension) Rental of a ship, in whole or in part.
3. Freight, cargo, payload (of a ship).
   • 2008 March 9, Reuters, “L'ATV Jules Verne né sous une bonne étoile”,

     Il n'y aura plus alors que les vaisseaux Progress russes pour emmener du fret à bord de la station spatiale, et les Soyouz pour les vols habités.

     So there will only be the Russian Progress shuttles to take freight aboard the space station, and the Soyuz for manned flights.