fraus

Meaning

1. (declension-3, feminine) cheating, deceit, deception, fraud, guile, stratagem, trick, treachery, wiles
2. (declension-3, feminine) delusion, error
3. (declension-3, feminine) injury, hurt, harm
4. (declension-3, feminine) bad or ill intent

Concepts

damage

fraud

harm

injury

swindle

loss

offence

crime

deceit

defect

disadvantage

felony

Synonyms

noxa

damnum

malum

detrimentum

dolus

vitium

vulnus

injuria

maleficium

iactura

crimen

nocumentum

Translations

dano

prejuízo

tromperie

daño

engaño

Schaden

dommage

danno

schade

Betrug

List

dany

Nachteil

Delikt

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈfrau̯s]

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ- (“to deceive, mislead”), with an uncertain phonetic development. However see also Sanskrit ध्रुति (dhruti, “deception”), द्रुह्यति (druhyati, “to deceive”) and Younger Avestan 𐬛𐬭𐬁𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬝 (drāuuaiiāt̰, “will deceive”), which (along with perhaps Proto-Germanic *draumaz (“dream”)) point to Proto-Indo-European *dʰrew-, which would have been extended as *dʰrew-d⁽ʰ⁾- at some point before Latin and also as *dʰrew-gʰ- in PIE times.