-free

See also: free

English

Etymology

From Middle English -fre, -freo (as in scotfre, gauelfre, gafolfreo, etc.), from Old English -frēo ("free; free from"; as in scotfrēo, gafolfrēo), from Old English frēo (“free”). Compare Dutch -vrij (“-free”), German -frei (“-free”), Danish -fri (“-free”), Swedish -fri (“-free”), Norwegian -fri (“-free”). More at free.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɹiː/

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• Rhymes: -iː
• Homophone: free

Suffix

-free

1. free from; devoid of; without

Synonyms

• (without): an-, ex-, -less

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -free

• bilge-free
• cage-free
• cell-free
• class-free
• content-free
• cost-free
• dogfree
• DRM-free
• fault-free
• license-free
• noise-free
• pollution-free
• post-free
• royalty-free
• rust-free
• shot-free
• side-effect-free

 

Translations

See also translations of individual words formed from this combining form

free from; without

• Czech: bez- (cs)
• Dutch: -vrij
• Esperanto: sen-
• French: (before the word combined with) sans (fr)
• German: -frei (de)
• Hungarian: -mentes (hu), nélküli (hu)
• Italian: (before the word combined with) senza (it)
• Norwegian: -fri
• Portuguese: sem (pt) (before the word combined with), livre de (before the word combined with)
• Russian: без- (ru) (bez-), бес- (ru) (bes-) (before voiceless consonants)
• Spanish: sin (es) (before the word combined with), libre de (before the word combined with)
• Swedish: -fri (sv)
• Turkish: -sız (tr), -siz (tr)

Anagrams

• feer, fere, reef