fret

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /fɹɛt/ Rhymes: -ɛt === Etymology 1 === From Middle English frēten (“to eat (at), corrode, destroy, annoy”), from Old English fretan (“to eat up, devour; to fret; to break, burst”), from Proto-West Germanic *fraetan, from Proto-Germanic *fraetaną (“to consume, devour, eat up”), from Proto-Germanic *fra- (“for-, prefix meaning ‘completely, fully’”) (from Proto-Indo-European *pro- (“forward, toward”)) + *etaną (“to eat”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- (“to eat”)). The senses meaning “to chafe, rub” could also be due to sound-association with Anglo-Norman *freiter (modern dialectal French fretter), from Vulgar Latin *frictāre, frequentative of Latin fricāre, from fricō (“to chafe, rub”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreyH- (“to cut”); compare Old French froter (modern French frotter). The chief difficulty is the lack of evidence of the Old French word. ==== Verb ==== fret (third-person singular simple present frets, present participle fretting, simple past fretted or fret or frate, past participle fretted or fret or frate or (usually in compounds) fretten) (transitive, obsolete or poetic) Especially when describing animals: to consume, devour, or eat. (transitive) To chafe or irritate; to worry. (transitive) To make rough, to agitate or disturb; to cause to ripple. (transitive) In the form fret out: to squander, to waste. (ambitransitive) To gnaw; to consume, to eat away. (ambitransitive) To be chafed or irritated; to be angry or vexed; to utter peevish expressions through irritation or worry. (intransitive) To be worn away; to chafe; to fray. (intransitive) To be anxious, to worry. (intransitive) To be agitated; to rankle; to be in violent commotion. (intransitive, brewing, oenology) To have secondary fermentation (fermentation occurring after the conversion of sugar to alcohol in beers and wine) take place. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== fret (plural frets) Agitation of the surface of a fluid by fermentation or some other cause; a rippling on the surface of water. Agitation of the mind marked by complaint and impatience; disturbance of temper; irritation. Herpes; tetter (“any of various pustular skin conditions”). (mining, in the plural) The worn sides of riverbanks, where ores or stones containing them accumulate after being washed down from higher ground, which thus indicate to miners the locality of veins of ore. === Etymology 2 === From Middle English frēten (“to decorate”), from Old French freté, freter, fretter (“to fret (decorate with an interlacing pattern)”), from Old French fret (from fraindre (“to break”), from Latin frangō (“to break, shatter”), from Proto-Italic *frangō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (“to break”)) + Old French -er (suffix forming verbs) (from Latin -āre, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃enh₂- (“to burden, charge”)). ==== Noun ==== fret (plural frets) An ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines, often in relief. (heraldry) A saltire interlaced with a mascle. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== fret (third-person singular simple present frets, present participle fretting, simple past and past participle fretted) (transitive) To decorate or ornament, especially with an interlaced or interwoven pattern, or (architecture) with carving or relief (raised) work. (transitive) To form a pattern on; to variegate. (transitive) To cut through with a fretsaw, to create fretwork. ===== Derived terms ===== unfret ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === From Middle English freten (“to bind”), from Old French freter, from frete (“ferrule, ring”) (modern French frette). The origin of the music senses are uncertain; they are possibly from frete or from fret (“to chafe, rub”). ==== Noun ==== fret (plural frets) (music) One of the pieces of metal, plastic or wood across the neck of a guitar or other string instrument that marks where a finger should be positioned to depress a string as it is played. (obsolete or dialectal) A ferrule, a ring. ===== Derived terms ===== fretboard fretless fretman ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== fret (third-person singular simple present frets, present participle fretting, simple past and past participle fretted) To bind, to tie, originally with a loop or ring. (transitive, music) Musical senses. To fit frets on to (a musical instrument). To press down the string behind a fret. ===== Related terms ===== refret ===== Translations ===== ==== References ==== fret on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “fret”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Etymology 4 === From Latin fretum (“channel, strait”). Doublet of fretum. ==== Noun ==== fret (plural frets) A channel, a strait; a fretum. ===== Related terms ===== fretum transfretation transfrete === Etymology 5 === From Old French frete, fraite, fraicte, possibly partly confused with fret (“channel, strait”). ==== Noun ==== fret (plural frets) (rare) A channel or passage created by the sea. === Etymology 6 === Attested since the mid-1800s, of unknown origin. Perhaps related to fret (“to form a pattern upon”), fret (“to consume”) (as the fog does the land), or fret (“to agitate the surface of water”) (as the wind which blows the fog inland does); compare the semantics of haar (“cold wind; misty wind; fog, mist”). Dialectally, the spelling freet and pronunciation /fɹit/ are also found, as they also are for fret (“consume; agitate”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /fɹɛt/ ==== Noun ==== fret (plural frets) (Northumbria) A fog or mist at sea, or coming inland from the sea. ===== Derived terms ===== sea fret ==== References ==== === Anagrams === TERF, reft, terf, tref == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /frɛt/ Hyphenation: fret Rhymes: -ɛt Homophone: Fred === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch furet, fret, from Old French furet, from Vulgar Latin *fūrittus, diminutive of Latin fūr (“thief”). ==== Noun ==== fret m (plural fretten, diminutive fretje n) ferret, Mustela putorius furo ===== Hypernyms ===== bunzing === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from English fret. ==== Noun ==== fret m (plural frets, diminutive fretje n) (music) fret, on the neck on for example a guitar === Anagrams === erft, tref == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French fret, from Middle Dutch vrecht, from Old Dutch *frēht, from Proto-West Germanic *fra- + *aihti. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fʁɛt/, /fʁɛ/ Homophones: feraient, ferais, ferait, frais, frets === Noun === fret m (plural frets) (shipping) freight, cargo fees: the cost of transporting cargo by boat Synonym: (obsolete) nolis (by extension) rental of a ship, in whole or in part freight, cargo, payload (of a ship) 2008 March 9, Reuters, “L'ATV Jules Verne né sous une bonne étoile”, ==== Descendants ==== → Portuguese: frete → Spanish: flete === Further reading === “fret”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Gothic == === Romanization === frēt romanization of 𐍆𐍂𐌴𐍄 == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === Either inherited from Old English *frǣt (compare ǣt) or a back-formation from freten. ==== Alternative forms ==== ffret, frett ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /frɛːt/ ==== Noun ==== fret (uncountable) Eating up; wearing away. ===== Descendants ===== English: fret ===== References ===== “frē̆t, n.(1)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Old French fret, past participle of fraindre; compare freten (“to decorate”). ==== Alternative forms ==== ffrett, frett ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /frɛt/ ==== Noun ==== fret (plural frettes) A decoration or adornment. A netted headcovering. (heraldry) A thin saltire. ===== Descendants ===== English: fret ===== References ===== “frē̆t, n.(2)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 3 === Borrowed from Old French frette (“ring, loop”), of unclear origin; compare freten (“to bind”). ==== Alternative forms ==== frete ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /frɛt/, /frɛːt/ ==== Noun ==== fret (plural frettes) (rare) A tie or loop. ===== Descendants ===== English: fret ===== References ===== “frē̆t, n.(3)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 4 === Borrowed from Old French fret, frait, from Latin fractum. ==== Alternative forms ==== frett, frette ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /frɛt/ ==== Noun ==== fret (rare) A fee (usually paid to secure peace). ===== References ===== “frē̆t, n.(4)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 5 === ==== Verb ==== fret alternative form of freten (“to decorate”) == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /freːt/ === Verb === frēt third-person singular present indicative of frēdan == Old French == === Alternative forms === frait === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Middle Dutch vrecht. ==== Noun ==== fret oblique singular, m (oblique plural frez or fretz, nominative singular frez or fretz, nominative plural fret) charge (demand of payment in exchange for goods or services) ===== Descendants ===== French: fret→ Portuguese: frete→ Spanish: flete → Galician: frete === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== fret past participle of fraindre