fretum

Meaning

1. (declension-2, neuter) strait, sound, estuary, channel.
2. (declension-2, neuter) strait, sound, estuary, channel.
3. (declension-2, neuter) strait, sound, estuary, channel.
4. (declension-2, neuter) the seas.
5. (declension-2, neuter) turmoil

Concepts

sea

🌊

channel

estuary

firth

sound

🔉

strait

Synonyms

mare

🌊

pelagus

🌊

altum

pontus

fretus

salum

Translations

mar

🌊

mar

🌊

mer

🌊

mar

🌊

deniz

🌊

See

بحر

θάλασσα

mare

🌊

πέλαγος

Meer

🌊

εκβολή ποταμού

πόντος

πέλαο

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈfrɛ.tũː]

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to brew, boil”) with the suffix *-eto-, but the zero-grade is inexplicable. In this case related to ferveō, fretāle and dēfrutum.