frai

See also: fräi

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French fraye (“fry, spawn”), related to frayer. Cognate to Italian frega, fregolo, fregola (“fry, spawn”), Spanish freza (“fry, spawn”). The similarity to English fry and its Germanic family is a coincidence.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fʁɛ/

Noun

frai m (plural frais)

fry (young fish); spawn

Further reading

“frai”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Contraction

frai

(dated) Contraction of fra i.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German frei.

Adverb

frai

(dated) free

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