different between fress vs frets

English

Etymology

From Yiddish ??????? (fresn) or German fressen (“to devour, gobble”), from Middle High German vrezzen, from Old High German frezzan (“to devour, eat up”), from Proto-Germanic *fraetan? (“to eat up”), from *fra- (intensive and perfective prefix) + *etan? (“to eat”), equivalent to for- +? eat. Cognate with Old English fretan (“to devour”). Doublet of fret.

In German, fressen (eat) and saufen (drink) are used about non-humans, whereas the corresponding words used about human behavior are essen and trinken. "Es trinkt der Mann, es säuft das Pferd / bei manchem ist es umgekehrt" ("the man drinks, the horse gulps it down / [but] with many it's the other way 'round") is a common humorous couplet in German with many variations (e.g., ...in Bayern ist es...)

Verb

fress (third-person singular simple present fresses, present participle fressing, simple past and past participle fressed)

1. (obsolete) to eat without restraint; eat heartily

   Synonym: pig out

Anagrams

• serfs

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fr?s?/

  Rhymes: -?s?

Noun

fress n (genitive singular fress, nominative plural fress) or fress m (genitive singular fress, nominative plural fressar)

1. tomcat

Declension

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English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f??ts/

Noun

frets

1. plural of fret

Verb

frets

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fret

Anagrams

• TERFs, refts, terfs, trefs

French

Noun

frets m

1. plural of fret