fred

See also: Fred and frêd

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin frīgidus (“cold, cool, chilling”) (through a contracted Vulgar Latin or Late Latin form fridus, attested in a Pompeian inscription, or frigdus, fricdus, in the Appendix Probi; compare Occitan fred/freid/freg, French froid, Italian freddo, Spanish frío), from frīgeō, frīgēre (“be cold”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈfɾɛt]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈfɾət]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈfɾet]

• Audio:

  (file)

Adjective

fred (feminine freda, masculine plural freds, feminine plural fredes)

1. cold, cool

   Antonym: calent

Noun

fred m or f (plural freds)

1. cold

   Antonym: calor

   tinc fred ― I'm cold

Usage notes

• The feminine form of the noun is dialectal (Central, Nord) and most likely derived from Spanish.

Derived terms

• calfred
• fredament
• fredejar
• fredolic
• fredor
• fredós
• guerra freda
• refredar

Further reading

• “fred” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “fred”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “fred” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “fred” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Danish frith, from Old Norse friðr, from Proto-Germanic *friþuz, cognate with Swedish fred, frid, German Frieden, Dutch vrede.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /freð/, [ˈfʁ̥æð]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

fred c (singular definite freden, not used in plural form)

1. peace

Declension

Declension of fred

common gender	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	fred	freden
genitive	freds	fredens

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /freːˀð/, [ˈfʁ̥æˀð], [ˈfʁ̥æðˀ]

Verb

fred

1. imperative of frede

Derived terms

• arbejdsfred
• borgfred
• frede
• fredelig
• fredfyldt
• fredhellig
• fredløs
• fredsaktivist
• fredsbestræbelser
• fredsbevarende
• fredsforhandling
• fredsforsker
• fredsforstyrrer
• fredskonference
• fredsmarch
• fredsplan
• fredspolitik
• fredsvalg
• fredsvilje
• gravfred
• husfred
• julefred
• sjælefred
• ufred
• verdensfred

References

• “fred” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse friðr, from Proto-Germanic *friþuz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /freːd/

Noun

fred m (definite singular freden)

1. peace

Derived terms

• fred og ro
• fredfull
• fredsavtale
• fredsbevarende
• fredsmarsj

Related terms

• fredelig

References

• “fred” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse friðr, from Proto-Germanic *friþuz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /freː/, /freːd/

Noun

fred m (definite singular freden)

1. peace

Derived terms

• fredfull
• fred og ro
• fredsavtale
• fredsmarsj

References

• “fred” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romansch

Alternative forms

• fraid (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader)
• freid (Sursilvan, Surmiran)

Etymology

From Latin frīgidus (“cold, cool, chilling”) (through a contracted Vulgar Latin or Late Latin form fridus, attested in a Pompeian inscription, or frigdus, fricdus), from frīgeō, frīgēre (“be cold”).

Adjective

fred m (feminine singular freda, masculine plural freds, feminine plural fredas)

1. (Sutsilvan) cold

Synonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) frestg
• (Puter) fras-ch
• (Vallader) frais-ch

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse friðr, from Proto-Germanic *friþuz (cf. German Low German: Freed, Freden, as another possible influence).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /freːd/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eːd

Noun

fred c

1. peace
2. a peace treaty

   freden i Versailles ― the treaty of Versailles

Usage notes

Fred is peace as opposite of war or similar concrete conflicts. For peace as opposite to chaos, disturbance or anxiety the word frid is used.

Declension

Declension of fred

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	fred	freds
	definite	freden	fredens
plural	indefinite	freder	freders
	definite	frederna	fredernas

Hyponyms

• arbetsfred

Derived terms

• freda
• fredlig
• fredlös
• fredlöshet
• fredning
• fredsaktivist
• fredsam
• fredsanbud
• fredsansträngning
• fredsapostel
• fredsappell
• fredsarbete
• fredsavtal
• fredsbevarande
• fredsbudskap
• fredsdemonstration
• fredsdomare
• fredsduva
• fredsengagemang
• fredsforskare
• fredsforskning
• fredsfot
• fredsfråga
• fredsfrämjande
• fredsförband
• fredsfördrag
• fredsförening
• fredsförhandlare
• fredsförhandling
• fredsförslag
• fredsinitiativ
• fredsinsats
• fredsinvit
• fredskalla
• fredskonferens
• fredskongress
• fredskrafter
• fredskår
• fredskårist
• fredskärlek
• fredsmarsch
• fredsmäklare
• fredsmöte
• fredsoffensiv
• fredsoperation
• fredsorganisation
• fredspipa
• fredsplan
• fredsplikt
• fredspolitik
• fredspolitiker
• fredspolitisk
• fredspris
• fredspristagare
• fredsprocess
• fredsrörelse
• fredssamtal
• fredsskapande
• fredsslut
• fredsstiftare
• fredssträvande
• fredsstyrka
• fredstid
• fredstida
• fredstillstånd
• fredstraktat
• fredstrevare
• fredsuppgörelse
• fredsvilja
• fredsvillkor
• fredsvän
• fredsvänlig
• fredsälskande
• fredsöverenskommelse

References

• fred in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Anagrams

• dref

Volapük

Noun

fred (nominative plural freds)

1. joy
   • 1932, Arie de Jong, Leerboek der Wereldtaal, page 21:

     O fred kion!

     Oh, what joy!

Declension

Declension of fred

	singular	plural
nominative	fred	freds
genitive	freda	fredas
dative	frede	fredes
accusative	fredi	fredis
vocative 1	o fred!	o freds!
predicative 2	fredu	fredus

¹ status as a case is disputed
² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived terms

• fredik