fred

See also: Fred and frêd

Catalan

Etymology

From (compare Occitan fred, freid, freg), 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 French froid, Italian freddo, Spanish frío), from frīgeō, frīgēre (“be cold”).

Pronunciation

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

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

Derived terms

• fredament
• fredejar
• fredolic
• fredor
• fredós
• 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, 2024
• “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.

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Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fred/, [fʁ̥æð]

• audio

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Noun

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

1. peace

Inflection

Declension of fred

common gender	Singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	fred	freden
genitive	freds	fredens

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Noun

fred m (definite singular freden)

1. peace

Derived terms

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

 

Related terms

• fredelig

References

• “fred” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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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.

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Romansch

Alternative forms

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

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

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Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eːd

Noun

fred c

1. peace
2. a peace treaty

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
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	fred	freden	freder	frederna
Genitive	freds	fredens	freders	fredernas

Related terms

arbetsfred freda fredlig fredlighet 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

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Volapük

Noun

fred (nominative plural freds)

1. 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