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Frei

Frei

See also: frei, fréi, and freí

Norwegian

Proper noun

Frei

  1. A municipality in Møre og Romsdal, Norway

frei

frei

See also: Frei, fréi, and freí

German

Adjective

frei (comparative freier, superlative am freisten or am freiesten)

  1. free
  2. released, unimprisoned, unenslaved
    Stadtluft macht frei.
    City air makes one free.
  3. unblocked
  4. liberal
  5. free of charge, gratis (see usage notes)
  6. unlimited, unconstrained
  7. licentious, unrestrained

Usage notes

Frei can mean “free of charge” only in the context of public services, e.g. freie Krankenversorgung ("free medical care"), and in some fixed expressions such as Freibier (free beer) or freie Kost und Logis (free board and lodge). Otherwise, frei is not applicable in this sense. Instead, kostenlos should be used.

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Luxembourgish

Verb

frei

  1. second-person singular imperative of freien

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈfɾɐj/, /ˈfɾej/

Noun

frei m (plural freis)

  1. Alternative form of freire
    Frei Luís de Sousa
    Brother Luís de Sousa.

Scots

Adjective

frei (comparative freier, superlative freiist)

  1. (South Scots, archaic) free