free
English
/fɹiː/
adj
Definitions
- (social) Unconstrained.
- Obtainable without any payment.
- (abstract) Unconstrained.
- (physical) Unconstrained.
- Without; not containing (what is specified); exempt; clear; liberated.
- (dated) Ready; eager; acting without spurring or whipping; spirited.
- (dated) Invested with a particular freedom or franchise; enjoying certain immunities or privileges; admitted to special rights; followed by of.
- (UK) Certain or honourable; the opposite of base.
- (legal) Privileged or individual; the opposite of common.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English frēo (free) inherited from Proto-Germanic *frijaz (beloved, not in bondage, free) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *priHós (beloved, dear, happy) derived from Middle English freen derived from Old English frēon root from Proto-Indo-European *preyH- (be fond of, love, like, happy, beloved, dear).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*preyH-
Gloss
be fond of, love, like, happy, beloved, dear
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -er English
- BSD English
- Free-Soilism English
- FreeBSD English
- Freedomite English
- Freelander English
- Freeman English
- Freenet English
- Freetown English
- Freiburg English
- affriended English
- antifreedom English
- backfriend English
- ball English
- band English
- base English
- basehead English
- befree English
- befriend English
- best friend English
- birth English
- blown English
- boob English
- booty English
- born English
- boyfriend English
- burn English
- chapel English
- climb English
- climbing English
- cofree English
- cofreeness English
- cyberfreedom English
- cyberfriend English
- defriend English
- e-friend English
- enbyfriend English
- enfree English
- enfreedom English
- ex-friend English
- fall English
- faller English
- flow English
- folk English
- folkfree English
- free climbing English
- free-boob English
- free-hanging English
- free-hearted English
- free-heartedly English
- free-heartedness English
- free-mix English
- freeable English
- freeball English
- freeballer English
- freebander English
- freebanding English
- freebase English
- freebaser English
- freebirth English
- freebirther English
- freeblown English
- freebooter English
- freeborn English
- freeburn English
- freechapel English
- freeclimb English
- freedom English
- freedom of assembly English
- freedom of association English
- freedomless English
- freedomware English
- freefall English
- freefaller English
- freeflow English
- freehand English
- freehanded English
- freehandedly English
- freehandedness English
- freehearted English
- freeheartedly English
- freeheartedness English
- freeholding English
- freehood English
- freehub English
- freeish English
- freelance English
- freelancer English
- freeline English
- freeload English
- freelook English
- freely English
- freemail English
- freeman English
- freemason English
- freemasonry English
- freeminer English
- freemix English
- freeness English
- freephone English
- freepost English
- freeride English
- freeroll English
- freerun English
- freerunning English
- freesheet English
- freeship English
- freeskiing English
- freesome English
- freespool English
- freestanding English
- freester English
- freestone English
- freestore English
- freestream English
- freestyle English
- freestyler English
- freestylist English
- freetail English
- freeth English
- freethinker English
- freethinking English
- freeware English
- freeway English
- freeway daisy English
- freewheel English
- freewheeler English
- freewheeling English
- freewoman English
- freewriting English
- friend English
- friendess English
- friendful English
- friendgirl English
- friendhood English
- friendish English
- friendless English
- friendlike English
- friendling English
- friendly English
- friendo English
- friendom English
- friendship English
- friendsome English
- friendworthy English
- friendy English
- fuckfriend English
- galfriend English
- germ English
- germ-free English
- girlfriend English
- grandfriend English
- guyfriend English
- half-free English
- hand English
- handed English
- hanging English
- hearted English
- holding English
- hub English
- impropriety English
- lance English
- land English
- line English
- load English
- look English
- mail English
- man English
- manfriend English
- mason English
- merfriend English
- miner English
- misfriend English
- mix English
- net English
- nonfree English
- nonfreedom English
- nonfreeness English
- nonfreestanding English
- nonfreeway English
- nonfriend English
- outfriend English
- overfree English
- overfreedom English
- overfreely English
- penfriend English
- permafree English
- phone English
- playfriend English
- post English
- propriospinal English
- quasifree English
- ride English
- roll English
- run English
- running English
- schoolfriend English
- semifree English
- semifriend English
- sheet English
- skiing English
- soil English
- spool English
- standing English
- stepfriend English
- stone English
- store English
- stream English
- style English
- superfriend English
- tail English
- thinker English
- thinking English
- top English
- topfree English
- topfreedom English
- town English
- unfree English
- unfreeable English
- unfreedom English
- unfreely English
- unfreeness English
- unfriend English
- way English
- wheel English
- woman English
- womanfriend English
- writing English
- freelance Finnish
- appropriare Latin
- appropriatus Latin
- approprio, appropriare Latin
- proprietas Latin
- proprietatem, proprietas Latin
- proprietās Latin
- proprius Latin
- ABC-Waffen-frei German
- Abbrucharbeiter German
- Arbeiter German
- Arbeiterin German
- Arbeiterklasse German
- Arbeiterpartei German
- Arbeiterviertel German
- Freibauer German
- Freiberufler German
- Freibeuter German
- Freibier German
- Freidenker German
- Freigeist German
- Freihandel German
- Freiheit German
- Freiherr German
- Freikirche German
- Freikorps German
- Freikörperkultur German
- Freiland German
- Freileitung German
- Freimaurer German
- Freimut German
- Freitod German
- Freizeit German
- Gastarbeiter German
- Leiharbeiter German
- Mitarbeiter German
- Schwarzarbeiter German
- Teilzeitarbeiter German
- Zwangsarbeiter German
- arbeiten German
- chlorfrei German
- einwandfrei German
- fehlerfrei German
- fieberfrei German
- frei German
- frei laufend German
- freibleibend German
- freigeben German
- freihaben German
- freihalten German
- freihändig German
- freikaufen German
- freilassen German
- freilebend German
- freilich German
- freimachen German
- freipressen German
- freireligiös German
- freischalten German
- freisetzen German
- freisprechen German
- freistellen German
- freiwillig German
- freizügig German
- freiäugig German
- funkenfrei German
- gastfrei German
- gebührenfrei German
- geruchfrei German
- glutenfrei German
- holzfrei German
- jugendfrei German
- kohlenstofffrei German
- nahtfrei German
- nickelfrei German
- rauchfrei German
- rostfrei German
- sauerstofffrei German
- schwermetallfrei German
- sturmfrei German
- wasserfrei German
- widerspruchsfrei German
- proprio Italian
- basen Dutch, Flemish
- gastvrij Dutch, Flemish
- ijsvrij Dutch, Flemish
- vogelvrij Dutch, Flemish
- vrij Dutch, Flemish
- vrijaf Dutch, Flemish
- vrijbuiter Dutch, Flemish
- vrijdenker Dutch, Flemish
- vrijgeleide Dutch, Flemish
- vrijgesteld Dutch, Flemish
- vrijgeven Dutch, Flemish
- vrijgevig Dutch, Flemish
- vrijgezel Dutch, Flemish
- vrijhandel Dutch, Flemish
- vrijhaven Dutch, Flemish
- vrijheid Dutch, Flemish
- vrijkorps Dutch, Flemish
- vrijmaken Dutch, Flemish
- vrijmarkt Dutch, Flemish
- vrijmetselaar Dutch, Flemish
- vrijpion Dutch, Flemish
- vrijplaats Dutch, Flemish
- vrijpleiten Dutch, Flemish
- vrijspraak Dutch, Flemish
- vrijstaat Dutch, Flemish
- vrijstad Dutch, Flemish
- vrijwillig Dutch, Flemish
- vrijzinnig Dutch, Flemish
- filibustrière French
- impropriété French
- propre French
- зафрендить Russian
- фраер Russian
- πρᾶος Ancient Greek
- *prey Proto-Indo-European
- *preyH- Proto-Indo-European
- *pri-néH-ti Proto-Indo-European
- *priH- Proto-Indo-European
- *priHós Proto-Indo-European
- *príH-ye-ti Proto-Indo-European
- *prāy- Proto-Indo-European
- preh₂-i-u-, *preh₂íus Proto-Indo-European
- alkoholfri Norwegian Bokmål
- befri Norwegian Bokmål
- bilfri Norwegian Bokmål
- blyfri Norwegian Bokmål
- daddelfri Norwegian Bokmål
- fri Norwegian Bokmål
- fribord Norwegian Bokmål
- fridag Norwegian Bokmål
- fridom Norwegian Bokmål
- frieri Norwegian Bokmål
- frifinne Norwegian Bokmål
- frifot Norwegian Bokmål
- frigi Norwegian Bokmål
- frigjøre Norwegian Bokmål
- frihavn Norwegian Bokmål
- frihet Norwegian Bokmål
- friidrett Norwegian Bokmål
- frikjenne Norwegian Bokmål
- frikoble Norwegian Bokmål
- friluft Norwegian Bokmål
- frimerke Norwegian Bokmål
- friminutt Norwegian Bokmål
- frispark Norwegian Bokmål
- frita Norwegian Bokmål
- fritenker Norwegian Bokmål
- fritid Norwegian Bokmål
- frittgående Norwegian Bokmål
- frittstående Norwegian Bokmål
- gjestfri Norwegian Bokmål
- glutenfri Norwegian Bokmål
- isfri Norwegian Bokmål
- luktfri Norwegian Bokmål
- rentefri Norwegian Bokmål
- risikofri Norwegian Bokmål
- skyfri Norwegian Bokmål
- smertefri Norwegian Bokmål
- snøfri Norwegian Bokmål
- sukkerfri Norwegian Bokmål
- tollfri Norwegian Bokmål
- ufri Norwegian Bokmål
- valgfri Norwegian Bokmål
- vannfri Norwegian Bokmål
- vedlikeholdsfri Norwegian Bokmål
- próprio Portuguese
- *Frijjō Proto-Germanic
- *Frijjōz dagaz Proto-Germanic
- *Segafriþuz Proto-Germanic
- *frijahalsaz Proto-Germanic
- *frijaz Proto-Germanic
- *frijaþwō Proto-Germanic
- *frijōndz Proto-Germanic
- *frijōną Proto-Germanic
- *friþuz Proto-Germanic
- *frīdaz Proto-Germanic
- *frīdijaną Proto-Germanic
- *mildijaz Proto-Germanic
- フリー Japanese
- フリーアルバイター Japanese
- フリーウェア Japanese
- フリースタイル Japanese
- フリーランス Japanese
- 自由 Japanese
- fristajlowiec Polish
- alkoholfri Norwegian Nynorsk
- bilfri Norwegian Nynorsk
- fri Norwegian Nynorsk
- friar Norwegian Nynorsk
- fribord Norwegian Nynorsk
- fridag Norwegian Nynorsk
- fridom Norwegian Nynorsk
- frieri Norwegian Nynorsk
- frifinne Norwegian Nynorsk
- frifot Norwegian Nynorsk
- frigjering Norwegian Nynorsk
- friidrett Norwegian Nynorsk
- friing Norwegian Nynorsk
- friluft Norwegian Nynorsk
- frimerke Norwegian Nynorsk
- friminutt Norwegian Nynorsk
- frispark Norwegian Nynorsk
- frita Norwegian Nynorsk
- fritid Norwegian Nynorsk
- gjestfri Norwegian Nynorsk
- glutenfri Norwegian Nynorsk
- isfri Norwegian Nynorsk
- luktfri Norwegian Nynorsk
- rentefri Norwegian Nynorsk
- risikofri Norwegian Nynorsk
- skyfri Norwegian Nynorsk
- smertefri Norwegian Nynorsk
- snøfri Norwegian Nynorsk
- sukkerfri Norwegian Nynorsk
- tollfri Norwegian Nynorsk
- ufri Norwegian Nynorsk
- utfriing Norwegian Nynorsk
- -frēo Old English
- Winfriþ Old English
- freodom Old English
- freolac Old English
- freolic Old English
- freolice Old English
- frēo Old English
- frēon Old English
- frēond Old English
- scotfreo Old English
- प्रिय Sanskrit
- प्रियकार Sanskrit
- प्रियतम Sanskrit
- प्रिया Sanskrit
- प्रीणाति Sanskrit
- प्रीति Sanskrit
- प्रेमन् Sanskrit
- *befreen Middle English
- *half-free Middle English
- Geffrey Middle English
- fre Middle English
- fredom Middle English
- freen Middle English
- frely Middle English
- frend Middle English
- freshipe Middle English
- fríðleikr Old Norse
- úfriðarmaðr Old Norse
- úfriðliga Old Norse
- úfriðligr Old Norse
- úfriðr Old Norse
- úfríðleikr Old Norse
- úfríðr Old Norse
- frelse Danish
- *prijateľь Proto-Slavic
- propre Old French
- Fritaŭno Esperanto
- frend Serbo-Croatian
- propi Catalan, Valencian
- प्यारा Hindi
- प्रिय Hindi
- प्रेमिका Hindi
- प्रेमी Hindi
- propio Galician
- آزادراه Persian
- ฟรี Thai
- filibuster Indonesian
- prei Indonesian
- pria Indonesian
- ffrind Welsh
- proper Middle Dutch
- vri Middle Dutch
- Godafrid Old High German
- frî Old High German
- frī Old High German
- arbeiter Middle High German
- vrî Middle High German
- Fräistouss Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- bläifräi Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- fräi Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐌲𐌰𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌾𐍉𐌽𐍃 Gothic
- 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌹𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌸𐌰𐍃 Gothic
- 𐍆𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 Gothic
- 𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌾𐌴𐌹 Gothic
- 𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌾𐍉𐌽𐍃 Gothic
- *frijadōm gmw-pro
- *frī gmw-pro
- prii Estonian
- priius Estonian
- fri Old Dutch
- frī Old Dutch
- *ɸriyos Proto-Celtic
- friend Chinese
- vri Middle Low German
- vrîe Middle Low German
- vrī Middle Low German
- piya Pali
- *priHás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- frī Old Saxon
- *prijos Proto-Italic
- propiu Asturian
- fre Scots
- *priHás Proto-Indo-Aryan
- *prináHti Proto-Indo-Aryan
- frij Western Frisian
- frijfeint Western Frisian
- fri Old Frisian
- frī Old Frisian
- propio Venetian
- pren Tok Pisin
- wokpren Tok Pisin
- 𑀧𑀺𑀬 Sauraseni Prakrit
- free Low German
- frei Pennsylvania German
- koschdefrei Pennsylvania German
- fraj Vilamovian
- pruoprio Istriot
- fri Bislama
- firii Fiji Hindi
- firiimaan Fiji Hindi
- bren Kriol
- *awhrinem Proto-Armenian
- fräi Transylvanian Saxon
- BSD
- net
- run
- way
- mix
- top
- -er
- man
- hub
- fall
- post
- folk
- tail
- boob
- born
- land
- town
- line
- band
- burn
- flow
- germ
- ride
- soil
- ball
- roll
- look
- hand
- base
- load
- phone
- lance
- climb
- miner
- woman
- store
- style
- stone
- mason
- spool
- wheel
- booty
- birth
- sheet
- blown
- enfree
- cofree
- stream
- friend
- skiing
- faller
- freeth
- befree
- handed
- chapel
- freely
- unfree
- Freenet
- topfree
- freedom
- FreeBSD
- hearted
- friendy
- freehub
- hanging
- writing
- nonfree
- freeman
- freeish
- running
- freemix
- thinker
- holding
- freeway
- Freeman
- friendo
- freerun
- basehead
- freeline
- freeburn
- freeride
- freesome
- freehood
- defriend
- freester
- freeborn
- freetail
- Freetown
- freeball
- freeship
- freeflow
- befriend
- freefall
- freepost
- freelook
- unfreely
- friendly
- standing
- e-friend
- folkfree
- semifree
- overfree
- Freiburg
- freemail
- friendom
- freehand
- freeware
- freeroll
- freebase
- freeable
- freeload
- unfriend
- thinking
- freeness
- climbing
- free-mix
- freeclimb
- freephone
- manfriend
- friendful
- permafree
- freewheel
- freespool
- unfreedom
- freestone
- penfriend
- quasifree
- freemason
- freeblown
- galfriend
- nonfriend
- freeminer
- freebirth
- misfriend
- enfreedom
- freesheet
- merfriend
- friendish
- freestyle
- boyfriend
- friendess
- outfriend
- freewoman
- guyfriend
- free-boob
- freebaser
- ex-friend
- germ-free
- freelance
- half-free
- freestore
- freefaller
- freeskiing
- friendling
- freehanded
- freelancer
- stepfriend
- Freelander
- freeballer
- unfreeable
- nonfreeway
- enbyfriend
- unfreeness
- Freedomite
- friendless
- backfriend
- topfreedom
- cofreeness
- freechapel
- friendlike
- friendhood
- fuckfriend
- overfreely
- nonfreedom
- freebooter
- affriended
- friendsome
- girlfriend
- freestream
- semifriend
- playfriend
- freestyler
- friendship
- freebander
- friendgirl
- best friend
- nonfreeness
- freewheeler
- freeholding
- superfriend
- freestylist
- womanfriend
- overfreedom
- freewriting
- freethinker
- grandfriend
- impropriety
- freedomware
- freebanding
- cyberfriend
- freerunning
- freedomless
- freebirther
- freehearted
- antifreedom
- freemasonry
- freehandedly
- cyberfreedom
- schoolfriend
- free-hanging
- freewheeling
- freestanding
- freethinking
- free-hearted
- friendworthy
- Free-Soilism
- propriospinal
- freeheartedly
- free climbing
- freeway daisy
- free-heartedly
- freehandedness
- nonfreestanding
- freeheartedness
- free-heartedness
- freedom of assembly
- freedom of association