frit
English
Etymology 1
French fritte, from frit (“fried”).
Noun
frit (countable and uncountable, plural frits)
- A fused mixture of materials used to make glass.
- (archaeology) A similar material used in the manufacture of ceramic beads and small ornaments. (eastern Mediterranean; Bronze and Iron Age)
Derived terms
Translations
fused mixture of materials
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Verb
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- To add frit to a glass or ceramic mixture
- To prepare by heat (the materials for making glass); to fuse partially.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Ure to this entry?)
Etymology 2
Dialectal form of past participle of to fright.
Adjective
frit (comparative more frit, superlative most frit)
- (UK, regional) Frightened.
- 1983 Margaret Thatcher, Prime minister's questions, 19 April:
- The right hon. Gentleman is afraid of an election, is he? Afraid? Frightened? Frit? Could not take it? Cannot stand it? If I were going to cut and run, I should have gone after the Falklands.
- 2016, Alan Moore, Jerusalem, Liveright 2016, p. 272:
- “We shoulder life. We know its ins and outs. We've felt the draught at either end of it. What you're most frit of, that's our bread and jam, and none of us ain't got no time to spare on ignorant, bad-mannered little boys.”
- 1983 Margaret Thatcher, Prime minister's questions, 19 April:
Etymology 3
Noun
frit (plural frits)
- A frit fly.
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Anagrams
Danish
Adjective
frit
French
Etymology
From Old French, from Latin frīctus.
Verb
frit (feminine frite, masculine plural frits, feminine plural frites)
- past participle of frire
Adjective
frit (feminine frite, masculine plural frits, feminine plural frites)
Related terms
See also
Further reading
- “frit”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Etymology
Of uncertain origin;[1] proposed derivations include:
- From a root common to Ancient Greek θρίξ (thríx, “hair”).
- From Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewd-. Cognates include Latin frutex (“shrub”), Old English brēotan (“to break”), Old Irish broth (“awn”) and maybe Lithuanian brùzgas (“bush, shrub”).
Noun
frit n (indeclinable)
Synonyms
References
- ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938) “frit”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 550
- “frit”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- frit in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Norman
Etymology
From Old French fruit, from Latin fructus.
Pronunciation
Audio (Jersey) (file)
Noun
frit m (plural frits)
Derived terms
- gardîn à frit (“orchard”) (Jersey)
Old Irish
Alternative forms
Pronoun
frit
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