English

Proper noun

Fred

1. A short version of Frederick, Alfred, or Wilfred, also used as a formal male given name.
2. (military, slang) The Lockheed C-5 Galaxy, a military transport aircraft widely used by USAF aircrews.

Quotations

• 1892 Robert Grant: The Reflections of a Married Man. Scribner,1892. pages 98-99:

  When I referred to the confusion which would result from the presence in the house of two people with the same name, she tossed her head and said it would be easy to obviate that by calling me Frederick instead of Fred. - - - Imagine Harry Bolles and other kindred spirits calling me stiff, august Frederick! I vowed that this should not be brought to pass - - -

• 2002 Fred Hill: You May as Well Laugh: The Columns of Fred Hill. iUniverse ISBN 0595256848 page 59:

  I had great parents, but they made one major mistake. They named me Fred. I'm sorry in case other Freds read this, but Fred is a rather weak name. It just sort of fades away on the tongue. It's not positive like Matt or Jim or Mike or Luke.

Derived terms

• Fred Karno's army

Noun

Fred ‎(plural Freds)

1. (cycling, slang, derogatory) A novice cyclist.
   • 2001, Andrew Albright, World Championships (was Re: What is John Eustice cycling backround? ^[sic] on newsgroup rec.bicycles.racing)

     Here we have several World Championships every week. There is 'Hill Worlds', and then some other ones. What happens a lot of time^[sic] is that only a few people who race show up, and you can have your way with the majority of Freds who do the ride (Hill Worlds is fun because people can't wheelsuck).

   • 2014, Tim Lewis, Land of Second Chances: The Impossible Rise of Rwanda's Cycling Team

     They called them 'Freds', a pejorative term that implied they were middle-aged and dowdy, and sniped that their only talent was staying awake for long periods. After it had been running for a couple of years, one of Jock's friends challenged him to put the Freds in their place. Jock, his competitive spirit pricked, agreed.

Norwegian

Proper noun

Fred

1. A male given name from the vocabulary word fred "peace", or borrowed from English.

Swedish

Proper noun

Fred

1. A male given name from the vocabulary word fred "peace", or borrowed from English.

Catalan

Adjective

fred m ‎(feminine freda, masculine plural freds, feminine plural fredes)

1. cold, cool

Noun

fred m, f ‎(plural freds)

1. cold

   tinc fred

   I'm cold

Related terms

• fredament
• fredejar
• fredolic
• fredor
• fredorada
• fredorós
• fredós

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish frith, from Old Norse friðr, from Proto-Germanic *friþuz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fred/, [fʁ̥æð]

Noun

fred c (singular definite freden, not used in plural form)

1. peace

Inflection

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse friðr.

Noun

fred m ‎(definite singular freden)

1. peace

Related terms

• fredelig

Derived terms

• fredfull
• fred og ro
• fredsavtale
• fredsbevarende

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse friðr.

Noun

fred m ‎(definite singular freden)

1. peace

Derived terms

• fredfull
• fred og ro
• fredsavtale

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) fraid
• (Sursilvan, Surmiran) freid

Etymology

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

Adjective

fred m (feminine singular freda, masculine plural freds, feminine plural fredas)

1. (Sutsilvan) cold

Synonyms

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

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse friðr, from Proto-Germanic *friþuz.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eːd

Noun

fred c

1. peace
2. a peace treaty

Declension

Usage notes

Fred is peace as opposite of war or similar concrete conflicts. For peace as opposite to chaos, disturbance or anxiety the word frid is used.

Related terms

References

• fred in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)

Volapük

Noun

fred ‎(plural freds)

1. joy

Declension

Derived Terms

• fredik