frete

frete

See also: frété and frète

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin frīctae, plural of frīcta, feminine of frīctus.

Noun

frete (fpl)

1. (in the plural) pancakes

Related terms

• fregur

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Galician

Etymology

Attested since 1433 (the derived verb fretar since the 13th century). Borrowing from Old French fret, from Middle Dutch vrecht (“cost of transport”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *fra- (intensive prefix) + *aihtiz (“possession”). Cognate with Portuguese frete and Spanish flete.[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾɛte̝/

Noun

frete m (plural fretes)

1. charge (demand of payment in exchange for the transportation of goods or services)
2. freight, cargo
   • 1433, Á. Rodríguez González & J. Armas Castro (eds.), Minutario notarial de Pontevedra (1433-1435). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 36:

     do dia que aqui chegar a XV dias sea descargado et pago de seu frete

     in 15 days since the day that it here arrives it must be unloaded and paid for its freight

   Synonym: carga

3. charter (temporary hiring of a vehicle for transportation of freight)

Derived terms

• fretador
• fretar
• fretaxe

References

• “fretar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “fret” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “frete” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “frete” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

1. Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “flete”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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Latin

Adjective

frēte

1. vocative masculine singular of frētus

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Middle English

Noun

frete

1. Alternative form of fret (“ring, loop”)

Verb

frete

1. Alternative form of freten (“to eat”)

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾɛ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾɛ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾɛ.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾɛ.t(ɨ)/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ɛtɨ
• Hyphenation: fre‧te

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French fret.[1][2]

Noun

frete m (plural fretes)

1. freight
2. shipping (charge)

Derived terms

• a frete
• cara de frete
• fazer um frete

 

Verb

frete

1. inflection of fretar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

References

1. “frete” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
2. “frete” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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Spanish

Noun

frete m (plural fretes)

1. (heraldry) fret

Further reading

• “frete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014