fren

See also: fren'

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɹɛn/
• Rhymes: -ɛn

Etymology 1

From Middle English frenne, contracted from forrene (“foreign”). See foreign (adjective).

Noun

fren (plural frens)

1. (obsolete) A stranger.
   • 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Aprill. Aegloga Quarta.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], OCLC 606515406; reprinted as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, The Shepheardes Calender […], London: John C. Nimmo, […], 1890, OCLC 890162479:

     So now his friend is changed for a fren

References

• “fren” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Etymology 2

Noun

fren (plural frens)

1. Pronunciation spelling of friend.
2. (alt-right, Internet slang) A fellow, a comrade.
3. (Internet slang) A white nationalist; fascist; far-right supporter.

Usage notes

• After first gaining popularity online as part of DoggoLingo-style slang, fren came to be used on sites such as 4chan and the subreddit /r/frenworld as a dogwhistle among far-right white nationalists and fascists to refer to each other. This use is associated with the Apu Apustaja variation of the meme Pepe the Frog. It has been interpreted in this context as standing for “far-right ethno-nationalist” (a backronym).

Anagrams

• Fern, fern, nerf

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Friulian

Etymology

From Latin frēnum.

Noun

fren m (plural frens)

1. brake
2. bit
3. restraint, curb, check, bridle

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Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin frēnum.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn)

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Noun

fren m (plural frens)

1. bit, bridle
2. brake

Related terms

• frenar

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Scots

Pronunciation

• (Hawick) IPA^(key): /ˈfren/

Verb

fren (third-person singular simple present frens, present participle frennin, simple past frennit, past participle frennit)

1. (poetic) To rage; to be in a state of rage.

Derived terms

• frenfi (“furious”)
• frennishin (“state of extreme rage”)
• frennisinly (“frenziedly”)

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Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French frein.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɾɛn/
• Hyphenation: fren

Noun

fren (definite accusative freni, plural frenler)

1. (automotive) brake

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	fren
Definite accusative	freni
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fren	frenler
Definite accusative	freni	frenleri
Dative	frene	frenlere
Locative	frende	frenlerde
Ablative	frenden	frenlerden
Genitive	frenin	frenlerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular frenim frenlerim 2nd singular frenin frenlerin 3rd singular freni frenleri 1st plural frenimiz frenlerimiz 2nd plural freniniz frenleriniz 3rd plural frenleri frenleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular frenimi frenlerimi 2nd singular frenini frenlerini 3rd singular frenini frenlerini 1st plural frenimizi frenlerimizi 2nd plural freninizi frenlerinizi 3rd plural frenlerini frenlerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular frenime frenlerime 2nd singular frenine frenlerine 3rd singular frenine frenlerine 1st plural frenimize frenlerimize 2nd plural freninize frenlerinize 3rd plural frenlerine frenlerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular frenimde frenlerimde 2nd singular freninde frenlerinde 3rd singular freninde frenlerinde 1st plural frenimizde frenlerimizde 2nd plural freninizde frenlerinizde 3rd plural frenlerinde frenlerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular frenimden frenlerimden 2nd singular freninden frenlerinden 3rd singular freninden frenlerinden 1st plural frenimizden frenlerimizden 2nd plural freninizden frenlerinizden 3rd plural frenlerinden frenlerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular frenimin frenlerimin 2nd singular freninin frenlerinin 3rd singular freninin frenlerinin 1st plural frenimizin frenlerimizin 2nd plural freninizin frenlerinizin 3rd plural frenlerinin frenlerinin

Derived terms

• fren pedalı
• el freni
• el frenini çekmek
• fren yapmak
• frenleyici
• frenleme
• frenlemek
• havalı fren

References

• “fren”, in Güncel Türkçe Sözlük [Contemporary Turkish Dictionary]‎^[1], Türk Dil Kurumu, (please provide a date or year)