freet
/fɹiːt/
freet noun: a superstitious notion or belief with respect to any action or event as a good or a bad omen; a superstition.
Noun
freet (plural freets)
- A superstitious notion or belief with respect to any action or event as a good or a bad omen; a superstition.
- If the old “freet” be true “ that those who fall when at the handspake aneath the corpse, will soon be the corpse themsell," there would soon be a good few corspes; for at these "druken" concerns, the bearers are falling some of them every now and then.1824, John Mactaggart, The Scottish Gallovidian Encyclopedia, page 263
- A superstitious rite, observance, wont, or practice.
- Oh, sister Ellen, sister sweet, Come with me to the hill I pray, And I will prove that blessed freet!1903, Samual Ferguson, The Fairy Well of Lagnanay
- A charm.
Proper noun capitalized: Freet
Freet (plural Freets)
- A surname from German.
freet meaning in Bengali
freet in Bengali
- একটি কুসংস্কার, একটি কুসংস্কারাচ্ছন্ন আচার, অনুষ্ঠান, অভ্যাস, প্রথা, কবজ
Forms of freet
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | freets |
| alternative form | fret |
| alternative Scotland | freit |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Freets |
Origin of freet
From Middle English frete (“superstition”), from Old Norse frétt (“news, intelligence, inquiry, inquiry about the future”), from Proto-Germanic *frihtiz (“news, report, message, question, prophecy”), related to Icelandic frétt (“news”), Icelandic frétta (“to review”), Danish and Norwegian fritte (“to question, interrogate”), English frain (“to question”). More at frain.
Americanized form of German Fried.
Words formed from freet
Questions about freet
- What does freet mean?
- Freet means a superstitious notion or belief with respect to any action or event as a good or a bad omen; a superstition.
- What is freet in Bengali?
- Freet in Bengali is একটি কুসংস্কার, একটি কুসংস্কারাচ্ছন্ন আচার, অনুষ্ঠান. See Freet meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is freet?
- Freet can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce freet?
- Freet is pronounced /fɹiːt/.
- What is the plural of freet?
- The plural of freet is freets.
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