Masculine

fret

Meaning

  1. (masculine) freight, cargo fees: the cost of transporting cargo by boat
  2. (broadly, masculine) rental of a ship, in whole or in part
  3. (masculine) freight, cargo, payload (of a ship)

Frequency

28k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/fʁɛt/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Old French fret, from Middle Dutch vrecht, from Old Dutch *frēht, from Proto-West Germanic *fra- + *aihti.

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