fred
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Occitan (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
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.
- “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
From Old Danish frith, from Old Norse friðr, from Proto-Germanic *friþuz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fred/, [fʁ̥æð]
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Inflection
common gender |
Singular | |
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indefinite | definite | |
nominative | fred | freden |
genitive | freds | fredens |
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse friðr, from Proto-Germanic *friþuz.
Derived terms
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Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse friðr, from Proto-Germanic *friþuz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /freː/, /freːd/
Derived terms
Romansch
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”).
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
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 | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | fred | freden | freder | frederna |
Genitive | freds | fredens | freders | fredernas |
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Volapük
Declension
singular | plural | |
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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 some later, non-classical Volapük only