English

Adjective

fraid

1. Eye dialect spelling of afraid.
   • 1912, Edith Van Dyne, Aunt Jane's Nieces on Vacation:

     Guess ye'd better speak to 'em about spendin' so much money, Mr. Merrick; I'm 'fraid they may need it some day." "

   • 1873, Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner, The Gilded Age, Complete:

     When a man is 'gaged in prah, he ain't fraid o' nuffin--dey can't nuffin tetch him."

   • 1872, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Oldtown Fireside Stories:

     "Yis," he continued, "there was a time when folks said I could a hed Miry ef I'd asked her; and I putty much think so myself, but I didn't say nothin': marriage is allers kind o'ventursome; an' Miry had such up-and-down kind o' ways, I was sort o' fraid on't.

Norman

Alternative forms

• fré, fréi (Guernsey)
• freid (continental Normandy)

Etymology

From Old French froit, from Latin frīgidus, from frīgeō, frīgēre ‎(“be cold”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

fraid m

1. (Jersey) cold

Antonyms

• caûd

Derived terms

• coq à ieau fraide ‎(“cold water tap”)
• La Fraide Dgèrre ‎(“the Cold War”)
• fraidement ‎(“coldly”)

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Sursilvan, Surmiran) freid
• (Sutsilvan) fred

Etymology

From Latin frīgidus ‎(“cold, cool, chilling”), from frīgeō, frīgēre ‎(“be cold”).

Adjective

fraid m (feminine singular fraida, masculine plural fraids, feminine plural fraidas)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) cold

Synonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) frestg
• (Puter) fras-ch
• (Vallader) frais-ch