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語源

Inherited from 古期英語 frēo, from Proto-West Germanic *frī, from Proto-Germanic *frijaz. Some forms are from friġ, an alternate 古期英語 form.

発音

• (Early Middle English) IPA: /frøː/
• IPA: /freː/, /friː/
• 韻: -eː

形容詞

fre (plural and weak singular fre, comparative frerre, superlative freest)

1. Free, independent, unrestricted:
   1. Having the status of a freeman, not enslaved.
   2. Liberated from evil or damnation; redeemed.
      • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎, published c. 1410, Joon 8:32, folio 38, verso, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:

        / and ȝe ſchulen knowe þe treuþe .· ⁊ þe treuþe ſchal make ȝou fre

        And you'll know the truth, and the truth will make you free.

   3. Free from a duty, tax, or obligation.
   4. Having free action or free will.
2. Unobstructed, clear, useable.
3. Charitable, generous, virtuous.

反意語

• unfre

関連する語

• fredom
• freen
• frend

派生した語

• English: free
• Middle Scots: fre
  • Scots: free

参照

• “frẹ̄, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 24 March 2018.

副詞

fre

1. freely, lacking opposition
2. With glee, enthusiastically

参照

• “frẹ̄, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 24 March 2018.