fren

== English == === Pronunciation === enPR: frĕn, IPA(key): /fɹɛn/ Rhymes: -ɛn === Etymology 1 === From Middle English frenne, contracted from forrene (“foreign”). See foreign (adjective). ==== Noun ==== fren (plural frens) (obsolete) A stranger. ==== References ==== “fren”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== fren (plural frens or frenz) Pronunciation spelling of friend. (Internet slang) A fellow, a friend. Antonym: nonfren (alt-right, Internet slang) A fellow white nationalist or fascist, a comrade on the far right. Antonym: nonfren ===== Usage notes ===== After gaining popularity online as part of DoggoLingo-style slang, fren later came to prominence on sites such as 4chan and the subreddit /r/frenworld as a dog whistle used by 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 reinterpreted in this context as standing for “far-right ethno-nationalist” (a backronym). === Anagrams === nerf, fern, Fern, NeRF == Friulian == === Etymology === From Latin frēnum. === Noun === fren m (plural frens) brake bit restraint, curb, check, bridle == Jamaican Creole == === Etymology === Derived from English friend. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɹen/ === Noun === fren (plural fren dem, quantified fren) friend === Further reading === fren at majstro.com == Occitan == === Etymology === From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin frēnum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɾɛn/ === Noun === fren m (plural frens) bit, bridle brake ==== Related terms ==== frenar == Scots == === Pronunciation === (Hawick) IPA(key): /ˈfren/ === Verb === fren (third-person singular simple present frens, present participle frennin, simple past and past participle frennit) (poetic) To rage; to be in a state of rage. ==== Derived terms ==== frenfi (“furious”) frennishin (“state of extreme rage”) frennisinly (“frenziedly”) == Turkish == === Etymology === From Ottoman Turkish فرن, فره‌ن (fren), from French frein. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɾɛn/ Hyphenation: fren === Noun === fren (definite accusative freni, plural frenler) (automotive) brake el/park/imdat freni ― hand/parking/emergency brake ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “fren”, in Türkçe Sözlük‎[1], 9th edition, volume I, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1998, page 802b