frue

== Danish == === Etymology === From Old Saxon frūa Cognate with German Frau (“woman”), Dutch vrouwe (“lady”), vrouw (“woman”), Old Norse freyja (“lady”), Freyja (name of goddess) (late Old Norse frúa and Swedish fru are also borrowed from Old Saxon). A feminine form of *frawjô (“lord”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fruːə/, [ˈfʁ̥uːu], [ˈfʁ̥oːo] === Noun === frue c (singular definite fruen, plural indefinite fruer) (formal, dated) lady (a married adult woman) (formal, dated) Mrs, ma'am (a polite address of an adult women) with a name always in the short form fru (formal or humorous) wife (historical) lady, mistress (a woman with authority) ==== Declension ==== === References === “frue” in Den Danske Ordbog frue on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da == Esperanto == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfrue/ Rhymes: -ue Syllabification: fru‧e === Adverb === frue early ==== Antonyms ==== malfrue == Ido == === Adverb === frue early == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Old Norse frú, frúa and frúva. === Noun === frue f or m (definite singular frua or fruen, indefinite plural fruer, definite plural fruene) housewife, mistress (of the house) madam, Mrs wife ==== Derived terms ==== havfrue oldfrue ==== Related terms ==== fru === References === “frue” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Old Norse frú, frúa and frúva. === Noun === frue f (definite singular frua, indefinite plural fruer, definite plural fruene) housewife, mistress (of the house) madam, Mrs wife ==== Derived terms ==== havfrue oldfrue ==== Related terms ==== fru === References === “frue” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.