fret

Etymology 1
From, from , from , from , from (from ) +  (ultimately from ).

The word is cognate with 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬; and also related to 🇨🇬.

The senses meaning “to chafe, rub” could also be due to sound-association with (modern  🇨🇬), from,  of , from , ultimately from ; compare  (modern ). The chief difficulty is the lack of evidence of the Old French word.

Verb

 * 1)  Especially when describing animals: to consume, devour, or eat.
 * 2)  To chafe or irritate; to worry.
 * 3)  To make rough, to agitate or disturb; to cause to ripple.
 * 4)  In the form fret out: to squander, to waste.
 * 5)  To gnaw; to consume, to eat away.
 * 6)  To be chafed or irritated; to be angry or vexed; to utter peevish expressions through irritation or worry.
 * 7)  To be worn away; to chafe; to fray.
 * 8)  To be anxious, to worry.
 * 9)  To be agitated; to rankle; to be in violent commotion.
 * 10)  To have secondary fermentation (fermentation occurring after the conversion of sugar to alcohol in beers and wine) take place.
 * 1)  In the form fret out: to squander, to waste.
 * 2)  To gnaw; to consume, to eat away.
 * 3)  To be chafed or irritated; to be angry or vexed; to utter peevish expressions through irritation or worry.
 * 4)  To be worn away; to chafe; to fray.
 * 5)  To be anxious, to worry.
 * 6)  To be agitated; to rankle; to be in violent commotion.
 * 7)  To have secondary fermentation (fermentation occurring after the conversion of sugar to alcohol in beers and wine) take place.
 * 1)  To be chafed or irritated; to be angry or vexed; to utter peevish expressions through irritation or worry.
 * 2)  To be worn away; to chafe; to fray.
 * 3)  To be anxious, to worry.
 * 4)  To be agitated; to rankle; to be in violent commotion.
 * 5)  To have secondary fermentation (fermentation occurring after the conversion of sugar to alcohol in beers and wine) take place.
 * 1)  To be worn away; to chafe; to fray.
 * 2)  To be anxious, to worry.
 * 3)  To be agitated; to rankle; to be in violent commotion.
 * 4)  To have secondary fermentation (fermentation occurring after the conversion of sugar to alcohol in beers and wine) take place.
 * 1)  To be agitated; to rankle; to be in violent commotion.
 * 2)  To have secondary fermentation (fermentation occurring after the conversion of sugar to alcohol in beers and wine) take place.
 * 1)  To be agitated; to rankle; to be in violent commotion.
 * 2)  To have secondary fermentation (fermentation occurring after the conversion of sugar to alcohol in beers and wine) take place.
 * 1)  To have secondary fermentation (fermentation occurring after the conversion of sugar to alcohol in beers and wine) take place.
 * 1)  To have secondary fermentation (fermentation occurring after the conversion of sugar to alcohol in beers and wine) take place.
 * 1)  To have secondary fermentation (fermentation occurring after the conversion of sugar to alcohol in beers and wine) take place.
 * 1)  To have secondary fermentation (fermentation occurring after the conversion of sugar to alcohol in beers and wine) take place.
 * 1)  To have secondary fermentation (fermentation occurring after the conversion of sugar to alcohol in beers and wine) take place.

Translations

 * Dutch: ,
 * French:, ,
 * German:, ,
 * Italian: ,
 * Middle English: freten, devouren
 * Occitan:, ,
 * Polish: ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Sicilian: cunzumari,, cafuḍḍari


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Dutch:, zorgen maken,
 * Finnish: hermoilla, olla huolissaan
 * French:, ,
 * German:, , , , , , , ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Ido:
 * Italian:
 * Maori: whakakunāwheke, whakakōingo, koroingo
 * Middle English: freten
 * Polish: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Sicilian: priuccupàrisi, scantàrisi
 * Spanish:, comerse la cabeza


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:, ,
 * German:, , , , ,
 * Italian:
 * Middle English: freten
 * Occitan:, , ,
 * Polish: wygryzać,
 * Russian: ,
 * Sicilian: cunzumari
 * Spanish:


 * German:
 * Maori: whakakūnawheke


 * Bulgarian: безпокоя се, притеснявам се
 * Cornish: neghi
 * Dutch: ongerust zijn
 * Finnish: hermoilla, olla huolissaan
 * French: ,
 * German:, , , nervös machen,
 * Greek:
 * Ido:
 * Italian:
 * Latin:
 * Maori: whakawhererei, kōingoingo
 * Norwegian: fortvile
 * Russian: ,
 * Scots: frait
 * Sicilian: scannalijàrisi, scantàrisi, priuccupàrisi
 * Spanish:

Noun

 * 1) Agitation of the surface of a fluid by fermentation or some other cause; a rippling on the surface of water.
 * 2) Agitation of the mind marked by complaint and impatience; disturbance of temper; irritation.
 * 3) Herpes;.
 * 4)  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.
 * 1) Agitation of the mind marked by complaint and impatience; disturbance of temper; irritation.
 * 2) Herpes;.
 * 3)  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.
 * 1) Herpes;.
 * 2)  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.
 * 1) Herpes;.
 * 2)  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.
 * 1)  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.
 * 1)  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.
 * 1)  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, from , , , from (from , from , from , ultimately from ) +  (from , ultimately from ).

Noun

 * 1) An ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines, often in relief.
 * 2)  A saltire interlaced with a mascle.
 * 1)  A saltire interlaced with a mascle.
 * 1)  A saltire interlaced with a mascle.
 * 1)  A saltire interlaced with a mascle.

Translations

 * Danish: fletværk
 * Finnish: koristekuvio
 * Spanish:

Verb



 * 1)  To decorate or ornament, especially with an interlaced or interwoven pattern, or  with carving or relief (raised) work.
 * 2)  To form a pattern on; to variegate.
 * 3)  To cut through with a fretsaw, to create fretwork.
 * 1)  To cut through with a fretsaw, to create fretwork.
 * 1)  To cut through with a fretsaw, to create fretwork.
 * 1)  To cut through with a fretsaw, to create fretwork.

Translations

 * Dutch:, doorzagen met een figuurzaag
 * French:
 * German:, aussägen, heraussägen
 * Italian: lavorare d'intaglio
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:

Etymology 3


From, from , from (modern 🇨🇬). The origin of the music senses are uncertain; they are possibly from frete or from fret (“to chafe, rub”).

Noun

 * 1)  A ferrule, a ring.
 * 2)  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.

Translations

 * Albanian: tast
 * Arabic:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:, Bundstäbchen
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: סָרִיג
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: フレット
 * Kazakh: перне
 * Korean:
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Maori: ripa
 * Mongolian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, tverrbånd
 * Nynorsk: band, tverrband
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: ceap
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, , tvärband
 * Tagalog: bidya
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese:

Verb

 * 1) To bind, to tie, originally with a loop or ring.
 * 2) To fit frets on to (a musical instrument).
 * 3) To press down the string behind a fret.
 * 1) To press down the string behind a fret.
 * 1) To press down the string behind a fret.

Etymology 4
From.

Noun

 * 1)  A channel, a strait; a fretum.

Etymology 5
From, , , possibly partly confused with .

Noun

 * 1)  A channel or passage created by the sea.

Etymology 6
Attested since the mid-1800s, en. Perhaps related to, (as the fog does the land), or  (as the wind which blows the fog inland does); compare the semantics of. Dialectally, the spelling freet and pronunciation are also found, as they also are for.

Noun

 * 1)  A fog or mist at sea, or coming inland from the sea.

Etymology 1
From, , from , from , diminutive of.

Noun

 * 1) ferret,

Etymology 2
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * , on the neck on for example a guitar

Etymology
, from, from , from +.

Noun

 * 1)  freight, cargo fees: the cost of transporting cargo by boat
 * 2)  rental of a ship, in whole or in part
 * 3) freight, cargo, payload
 * 4) * 2008 March 9,, “L'ATV Jules Verne né sous une bonne étoile”,
 * "fr"

- Il n'y aura plus alors que les vaisseaux Progress russes pour emmener du fret à bord de la station spatiale, et les Soyouz pour les vols habités.

Etymology 1
Either (compare ) or a.

Noun

 * 1) Eating up; wearing away.

Etymology 2
, past participle of ; compare.

Noun

 * 1) A decoration or adornment.
 * 2) A netted headcovering.
 * 3)  A thin saltire.

Etymology 3
, of unclear origin; compare.

Noun

 * 1)  A tie or loop.

Etymology 4
,, from.

Noun

 * 1)  A fee usually paid to secure peace.

Etymology 1
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) charge demand of payment in exchange for goods or services