frete

See also: frété and frète

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin frīctae, plural of frīcta, feminine of frīctus.

Noun

frete (fpl)

1. (in the plural) pancakes

Related terms

• fregur

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾɛte/ [ˈfɾɛ.t̪ɪ]
• Rhymes: -ɛte
• Hyphenation: fre‧te

Etymology 1

Attested since 1433 (the derived verb fretar since the 13th century). Borrowing from Old French fret, from Middle Dutch vrecht (“cost of transport”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *fra- (intensive prefix) + *aihtiz (“possession”). Cognate with Portuguese frete and Spanish flete.

Noun

frete m (plural fretes)

1. charge (demand of payment in exchange for the transportation of goods or services)
2. freight, cargo
   • 1433, Á. Rodríguez González & J. Armas Castro (eds.), Minutario notarial de Pontevedra (1433-1435). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 36:

     do dia que aqui chegar a XV dias sea descargado et pago de seu frete

     in 15 days since the day that it here arrives it must be unloaded and paid for its freight

   Synonym: carga

3. charter (temporary hiring of a vehicle for transportation of freight)

Derived terms

• fretador
• fretar
• fretaxe

Etymology 2

Verb

frete

1. inflection of fretar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

References

• “frete”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “frete”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “fretar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “frete”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “frete”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “frete”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Latin

Adjective

frēte

1. vocative masculine singular of frētus

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

frete

1. alternative form of fret (“ring, loop”)

Etymology 2

Verb

frete

1. alternative form of freten (“to eat”)

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfre.te/

Verb

frete

1. inflection of fretan:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. singular present subjunctive

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾɛ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾɛ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾɛ.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾɛ.tɨ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ɛtɨ
• Hyphenation: fre‧te

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French fret.

Noun

frete m (plural fretes)

1. freight
2. shipping (charge)

Derived terms

• a frete
• cara de frete
• fazer um frete

Etymology 2

Verb

frete

1. inflection of fretar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “frete”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾete/ [ˈfɾe.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ete
• Syllabification: fre‧te

Noun

frete m (plural fretes)

1. (heraldry) fret

Verb

frete

1. inflection of fretar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “frete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025