different between alfred vs fred

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan (compare Occitan fred, freid, freg), from Latin fr?gidus (“cold, cool, chilling”) (through a contracted Vulgar Latin or Late Latin form fridus, attested in a Pompeian inscription, or frigdus, fricdus, in the Appendix Probi; compare French froid, Italian freddo, Spanish frío), from fr?ge?, fr?g?re (“be cold”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /?f??t/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?f??t/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?f?et/

Adjective

fred (feminine freda, masculine plural freds, feminine plural fredes)

1. cold, cool

   Antonym: calent

Noun

fred m or f (plural freds)

1. cold

   Antonym: calor

Usage notes

• The feminine form of the noun is dialectal (Central, Nord).

Derived terms

Further reading

• “fred” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “fred” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “fred” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “fred” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Danish frith, from Old Norse friðr, from Proto-Germanic *friþuz, cognate with Swedish fred, frid, German Frieden, Dutch vrede.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /freð/, [?f??æð]

Noun

fred c (singular definite freden, not used in plural form)

1. peace

Inflection

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fre??ð/, [?f??æ?ð], [?f??æð?]

Verb

fred

1. imperative of frede

Derived terms

References

• “fred” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse friðr, from Proto-Germanic *friþuz.

Noun

fred m (definite singular freden)

1. peace

Derived terms

Related terms

• fredelig

References

• “fred” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse friðr, from Proto-Germanic *friþuz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fre?/, /fre?d/

Noun

fred m (definite singular freden)

1. peace

Derived terms

• fredfull
• fred og ro
• fredsavtale
• fredsmarsj

References

• “fred” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) fraid
• (Sursilvan, Surmiran) freid

Etymology

From Latin fr?gidus (“cold, cool, chilling”) (through a contracted Vulgar Latin or Late Latin form fridus, attested in a Pompeian inscription, or frigdus, fricdus), from fr?ge?, fr?g?re (“be cold”).

Adjective

fred m (feminine singular freda, masculine plural freds, feminine plural fredas)

1. (Sutsilvan) cold

Synonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) frestg
• (Puter) fras-ch
• (Vallader) frais-ch

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse friðr, from Proto-Germanic *friþuz (cf. German Low German: Freed, Freden, as another possible influence).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fre?d/
• Rhymes: -e?d

Noun

fred c

1. peace
2. a peace treaty

Usage notes

Fred is peace as opposite of war or similar concrete conflicts. For peace as opposite to chaos, disturbance or anxiety the word frid is used.

Declension

Derived terms

References

• fred in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Anagrams

• dref

Volapük

Noun

fred (nominative plural freds)

1. joy

Declension

Derived terms

• fredik