different between frank vs freely
frank
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f?æ?k/
- Rhymes: -æ?k
- Homophones: franc, Frank
Etymology 1
Middle English, from Old French franc (“free”), in turn from the name of an early Germanic confederation, the Franks.
Adjective
frank (comparative franker, superlative frankest)
- honest, especially in a manner that seems slightly blunt; candid; not reserved or disguised.
- (medicine) unmistakable, clinically obvious, self-evident
- (obsolete) Unbounded by restrictions, limitations, etc.; free.
- It is of frank gift.
- (obsolete) Liberal; generous; profuse.
- (obsolete, derogatory) Unrestrained; loose; licentious.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Spenser to this entry?)
Derived terms
- frankly
Translations
Noun
frank (plural franks)
- (uncountable) Free postage, a right exercised by governments (usually with definite article).
- October 5, 1780, William Cowper, letter to Rev. William Unwin
- I have said so much, that, if I had not a frank, I must burn my letter and begin again.
- October 5, 1780, William Cowper, letter to Rev. William Unwin
- (countable) The notice on an envelope where a stamp would normally be found.
Verb
frank (third-person singular simple present franks, present participle franking, simple past and past participle franked)
- To place a frank on an envelope.
- 1811, Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility, chapter 20
- It will be so ridiculous to see all his letters directed to him with an M.P.—But do you know, he says, he will never frank for me?
- 1811, Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility, chapter 20
- To exempt from charge for postage, as a letter, package, or packet, etc.
- To send by public conveyance free of expense.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Charles Dickens to this entry?)
Translations
See also
- prepay
Etymology 2
Shortened form of frankfurter.
Noun
frank (plural franks)
- A hot dog or sausage.
- Synonyms: frankfurt, frankfurter
Related terms
- cocktail frank
See also
- sav
- savaloy
Etymology 3
Noun
frank (plural franks)
- (Britain) The grey heron.
Etymology 4
From Old French franc.
Noun
frank (plural franks)
- A pigsty.
Verb
frank (third-person singular simple present franks, present participle franking, simple past and past participle franked)
- To shut up in a frank or sty; to pen up; hence, to cram; to fatten.
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?fra?k]
- Rhymes: -a?k
Noun
frank m
- franc (former currency of France and some other countries)
- franc (any of several units of currency such as Swiss franc)
Further reading
- frank in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- frank in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch
Alternative forms
- vrank (archaic, except in the expression vrank en vrij)
Etymology
From Middle Dutch vranc.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fr??k/
- Hyphenation: frank
- Rhymes: -??k
- Homophone: Frank
Adjective
frank (comparative franker, superlative frankst)
- frank, candid, blunt, open-hearted
- (dated) cheeky, brazen
Inflection
Derived terms
- frank en vrij
Estonian
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
frank (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
- franc
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
German
Etymology
From Middle High German franc, from Old French franc (“free”), of Germanic but eventually uncertain origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f?a?k/
Adjective
frank (not comparable)
- (archaic) frank
Usage notes
- Now almost exclusively used in the (also somewhat dated) expression frank und frei.
Declension
Further reading
- “frank” in Duden online
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /frank/
Noun
frank m anim
- franc
Usage notes
Unqualified modern usage typically refers to the Swiss franc.
Declension
frank From the web:
- what frankincense
- what frank ocean song are you
- what frankincense and myrrh good for
- what frankenstein movie is closest to the book
- what franklin d. roosevelt did
- what frank means
- what franklin famously asked for
- what frankincense and myrrh
freely
English
Pronunciation
- (US) enPR: fr?'l?, IPA(key): /?f?ili/
- Rhymes: -i?li
Etymology 1
From Middle English frely, freelich, from Old English fr?ol?c (“free, freeborn, glorious, stately, magnificent, noble, beautiful, charming”), equivalent to free +? -ly. Compare Middle Low German vrilik, vrigelik (“free”), Middle High German vr?lich (“free”).
Alternative forms
- frely (Scotland)
Adjective
freely (comparative freelier or more freely, superlative freeliest or most freely)
- Free; frank.
- Generous; noble; excellent; beautiful; lovely.
Derived terms
- unfreely
Etymology 2
From Middle English frely, freliche, from Old English fr?ol??e (“freely, readily, as a festival”), equivalent to free +? -ly. Compare Dutch vrijelijk (“freely”), German freilich (“certainly, of course”).
Adverb
freely (comparative freelier or more freely, superlative freeliest or most freely)
- In a free manner.
- Without interference or restriction.
- talk freely
- Of one's own free will.
- I will freely help you.
Related terms
- frankly
- openly
- costlessly
Translations
References
- “freely”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
freely From the web:
- what freely mean
- what freely movable joints contain
- what freely permeable
- what freely moving electrons
- what freely falling object have
- freely what does it mean
- freely what does that word mean
- what are freely movable joints
you may also like
- frank vs freely
- freeholder vs franklin
- dripper vs filter
- fair vs exposition
- position vs positioningairbnb
- proposition vs affair
- decomposition vs airbag
- enveiled vs dim
- sharply vs acerbically
- produce vs compel
- fieldwork vs mapwork
- fieldwork vs taxonomy
- fieldwort vs fieldwork
- sitevisit vs fieldwork
- fieldwork vs survey
- fieldwork vs profiling
- work vs fieldwork
- observation vs fieldwork
- world vs fieldwork
- fortification vs fieldwork