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Pronunciation
- /fɹiː/
- (US) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *preyH- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *priHós Proto-Germanic *frijwaz Proto-West Germanic *friu Old English frēo Middle English -fre English -free From Middle English -fre, -freo (as in scotfre, gauelfre, gafolfreo, etc.), from Old English -frēo ("free; free from"; as in scotfrēo, gafolfrēo), from Proto-West Germanic *-frī (“-free”). Compare Dutch -vrij (“-free”), German -frei (“-free”), Danish -fri (“-free”), Swedish -fri (“-free”), Norwegian -fri (“-free”). More at free.
Meanings
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(morpheme, not-comparable) Free from; devoid of; without.
Sweetgreen told CNN the company was “proud to share that we are currently in the process of rolling out new PFAS-free focaccia bags that will be available in all Sweetgreen locations by the end of Q2.”
2022 March 25, Sandee LaMotte, “Dangerous chemicals found in food wrappers at major fast-food restaurants and grocery chains, report says”, in CNN, archived from the original on 11 Jul 2024:
Synonyms
an- (without) · ex- (without) · -less (without)
Translations (20)
ru бес- (free from; without) · hu -mentes (free from; without) · hu nélküli (free from; without) · cs bez- (free from; without) · tr -siz (free from; without) · nl -vrij (free from; without) · pt sem (free from; without) · fr sans (free from; without) · sv -fri (free from; without) · it senza (free from; without) · pl bez- (free from; without) · ru без- (free from; without) · pt livre de (free from; without) · tr -sız (free from; without) · no -fri (free from; without) · pl bez (free from; without) · de -frei (free from; without) · eo sen- (free from; without) · es libre de (free from; without) · es sin (free from; without)