Free
English
Etymology
Template:Root From Template:Inh, Template:M, Template:M, from Template:Inh, from Template:Inh, from Template:Inh, from Template:Inh, from Template:M. Related to Template:M. Template:Box-top Germanic cognates include Template:Cog, Template:Cog, Template:Cog, Template:Cog, Template:Cog, Template:Cog and Template:Cog.
Other cognates include Template:Cog.
Germanic and Celtic are the only Indo-European language branches in which the PIE word with the meaning of "dear, beloved" acquired the additional meaning of "free" in the sense of "not in bondage". This was an extension of the idea of "characteristic of those who are dear and beloved", in other words friends and tribe members (in contrast to unfree inhabitants from other tribes and prisoners of war, many of which were among the slaves – compare the Latin use of liberi to mean both "free persons" and "children of a family").[1][2] Template:Box-bottom The verb comes from Template:Inh, Template:M, from Template:Inh, Template:M, from Template:Inh, from Template:Inh, from Template:Der, and is cognate with Template:Cog, Template:Cog, Template:Cog, Template:Cog, Template:Cog.
Pronunciation



Adjective
- Template:Senseid Template:Lb Unconstrained.
- Template:Senseid Not imprisoned or enslaved.
- Template:Senseid Generous; liberal.
- Template:Senseid Template:Lb Clear of offence or crime; guiltless; innocent.
- Template:Senseid Without obligations.
- Template:Senseid To be enjoyed by anyone freely.
- Template:Senseid Template:Lb Upholding individual rights.
- Template:Senseid Template:Lb With no or only freedom-preserving limitations on distribution or modification.
- Template:Senseid Template:Lb Intended for release, as opposed to a checked version.
- Template:Senseid Obtainable without any payment.
- Template:Senseid Template:Lb Unconstrained.
- Template:Senseid Template:Lb Template:Non-gloss generic, universal.
- Template:Lb Such that any map from to the underlying set of an object in the same category as induces a map from to which is compatible with (i.e. such that ).
- Template:Lb Having a set of generators which satisfy no non-trivial relations; equivalently, being the group of reduced words on a set of generators.
- Template:Lb Having a linearly independent set of generators (called a basis).
- Template:Lb Unconstrained by quantifiers.
- Template:Lb Unconstrained of identifiers, not bound.
- Template:Senseid Template:Lb Template:Q That can be used by itself, unattached to another morpheme.
- Template:Senseid Template:Lb Template:Non-gloss generic, universal.
- Template:Senseid Template:Lb Unconstrained.
- Template:Senseid Unobstructed, without blockages.
- Template:Senseid Unattached or uncombined.
- Template:Senseid Not currently in use; not taken; unoccupied.
- Template:Senseid Template:Lb Not attached; loose.
- Template:Senseid Template:Lb Of a rocket or missile: not under the control of a guidance system after being launched.
- Template:Senseid Without; not containing (what is specified); exempt; clear; liberated.
- Template:Lb Ready; eager; acting without spurring or whipping; spirited.
- Template:Lb Invested with a particular freedom or franchise; enjoying certain immunities or privileges; admitted to special rights; followed by of.
- Template:Lb Certain or honourable; the opposite of base.
- Template:Senseid Template:Lb Privileged or individual; proprietary.
Usage notes
- The comparatives Template:M and Template:M and superlatives Template:M and Template:M are also attested but rare.
Antonyms
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
- Afrikaans: Template:T+
- Albanian: Template:T+ (i/e)
- Amharic: Template:T
- Arabic: Template:T+
- Egyptian Arabic: Template:T
- Moroccan Arabic: Template:T
- Armenian: Template:T+, Template:T+
- Aromanian: Template:T
- Assamese: Template:T
- Asturian: Template:T
- Azerbaijani: Template:T+
- Bambara: Template:T
- Bashkir: Template:T, Template:T, Template:T, Template:T
- Belarusian: Template:T+, Template:T+
- Bengali: Template:T+, Template:T+
- Bikol Central: Template:T+
- Bulgarian: Template:T+
- Catalan: Template:T+
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: Template:T
- Mandarin: Template:T+
- Czech: Template:T+, Template:T+
- Danish: Template:T+
- Dutch: Template:T+, Template:T+
- Esperanto: Template:T+
- Estonian: Template:T+, Template:T+
- Finnish: Template:T+
- French: Template:T+
- Friulian: Template:T
- Galician: Template:T+, Template:T+
- Georgian: Template:T
- German: Template:T+
- Gothic: Template:T
- Greek: Template:T+
- Ancient: Template:T
- Haitian Creole: Template:T
- Hebrew: Template:T
- Hindi: Template:T+, Template:T+, Template:T+, Template:T+
- Hungarian: Template:T+
- Icelandic: Template:T+
- Ido: Template:T+
- Indonesian: Template:T+
- Ingrian: Template:T
- Interlingua: Template:T+
- Irish: Template:T
- Old Irish: Template:T
- Istriot: Template:T
- Italian: Template:T+
- Japanese: Template:T+
- Jarai: Template:T
- Khmer: Template:T+
- Korean: Template:T+
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: Template:T+, Template:T
- Northern Kurdish: Template:T+, Template:T+, Template:T+
- Latin: Template:T+
- Latvian: Template:T
- Leonese: Template:T
- Lezgi: Template:T
- Limburgish: Template:T+
- Lithuanian: Template:T+
- Lombard: Template:T+
- Low German: Template:T, Template:T
- German Low German: Template:T+
- Luxembourgish: Template:T
- Macedonian: Template:T
- Malay: Template:T+
- Malayalam: Template:T
- Manchu: Template:T
- Maori: Template:T
- Norman: Template:T
- Norwegian: Template:T+
- Occitan: Template:T+
- Old English: Template:T
- Papiamentu: Template:T
- Persian: Template:T+, Template:T+
- Piedmontese: Template:T
- Polish: Template:T+, Template:T+
- Portuguese: Template:T+
- Quechua: Template:T+
- Romagnol: Template:T
- Romanian: Template:T+, Template:T+
- Russian: Template:T+, Template:T+
- Sanskrit: Template:T+, Template:T+
- Scottish Gaelic: Template:T
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: Template:T
- Roman: Template:T+
- Seychellois Creole: Template:T
- Sindhi: Template:T+
- Slovak: Template:T, Template:T
- Slovene: Template:T+
- Somali: Template:T
- Southern Altai: Template:T
- Spanish: Template:T+
- Swahili: Template:T
- Swedish: Template:T+
- Tabasaran: Template:T
- Tagalog: Template:T
- Tarantino: Template:T
- Tatar: Template:T, Template:T+, Template:T, Template:T
- Telugu: Template:T+
- Thai: Template:T+
- Turkish: Template:T+
- Udi: Template:T
- Ukrainian: Template:T+, Template:T+
- Urdu: Template:T+, Template:T, Template:T
- Uyghur: Template:T, Template:T
- Vietnamese: Template:T+
- Volapük: Template:T+
- Walloon: Template:T+
- Welsh: Template:T+
- West Frisian: Template:T, Template:T
- Yiddish: Template:T
- Zazaki: Template:T+, Template:T
- Albanian: Template:T+, Template:T+
- Amharic: Template:T
- Arabic: Template:T+
- Egyptian Arabic: Template:T
- Armenian: Template:T+
- Assamese: Template:T
- Asturian: Template:T
- Azerbaijani: Template:T+
- Bambara: Template:T
- Bashkir: Template:T
- Catalan: Template:T+
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: Template:T+
- Czech: Template:T+
- Danish: Template:T+
- Dutch: Template:T+, Template:T+, Template:T+
- Esperanto: Template:T+
- Estonian: Template:T+, Template:T+
- Finnish: Template:T+, Template:T+
- French: Template:T+
- Galician: Template:T+
- German: Template:T+, Template:T+, Template:T+, Template:T+ Template:Qualifier
- Gothic: Template:T
- Greek: Template:T+, Template:T+
- Hebrew: Template:T
- Hindi: Template:T+, Template:T+, Template:T+
- Ido: Template:T+
- Interlingua: Template:T+, Template:T+
- Irish: Template:T, Template:T, Template:T
- Old Irish: Template:T
- Italian: Template:T+, Template:T+
- Japanese: Template:T+
- Khmer: Template:T+
- Korean: Template:T
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: Template:T
- Northern Kurdish: Template:T+, Template:T+
- Latin: Template:T+
- Latvian: Template:T
- Limburgish: Template:T+
- Lindu: Template:T
- Low German:
- German Low German: Template:T+
- Macedonian: Template:T
- Malay: Template:T+
- Malayalam: Template:T
- Maori: Template:T
- Norman: Template:T
- Norwegian: Template:T+, Template:T+
- Old English: Template:T
- Persian: Template:T+
- Polish: Template:T+, Template:T+
- Portuguese: Template:T+
- Romanian: Template:T+, Template:T
- Russian: Template:T+
- Scottish Gaelic: Template:T
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Roman: Template:T+, Template:T+, Template:T+, Template:T+
- Sindhi: Template:T
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: Template:T
- Spanish: Template:T+
- Swedish: Template:T+
- Turkish: Template:T+
- Vietnamese: Template:T+
- Welsh: Template:T+
- Yiddish: Template:T
- Zazaki: Template:T
- Czech: Template:T+
- Finnish: Template:T+
- French: Template:T+
- Hungarian: Template:T+
- Norwegian: Template:T+
- Polish: Template:T+
- Portuguese: Template:T+
- Romanian: Template:T+, Template:T
- Albanian: Template:T+
- Assamese: Template:T
- Azerbaijani: Template:T
- Catalan: Template:T+
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: Template:T+, Template:T+
- Czech: Template:T+
- Dutch: Template:T+, Template:T+
- Esperanto: Template:T+
- Estonian: Template:T, Template:T
- Finnish: Template:T+ Template:Qualifier, Template:T, Template:T+, Template:T+, Template:T+
- French: Template:T+
- German: Template:T+
- Greek: Template:T+, Template:T+
- Hebrew: Template:T
- Hindi: Template:T+
- Ido: Template:T+
- Interlingua: Template:T+, Template:T+
- Italian: Template:T+
- Japanese: Template:T
- Korean: Template:T
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: Template:T+, Template:T+
- Limburgish: Template:T+
- Low German:
- German Low German: Template:T+
- Macedonian: Template:T
- Maori: Template:T
- Norman: Template:T
- Norwegian: Template:T+, Template:T+
- Polish: Template:T+, Template:T+
- Portuguese: Template:T+
- Romanian: Template:T+, Template:T
- Russian: Template:T+, Template:T+
- Scottish Gaelic: Template:T
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Roman: Template:T+, Template:T+
- Sindhi: Template:T
- Slovene: Template:T+
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: Template:T
- Spanish: Template:T+, Template:T+, Template:T+
- Telugu: Template:T
- Turkish: Template:T+
- Yiddish: Template:T
- Arabic: Template:T
- Egyptian Arabic: Template:T
- Armenian: Template:T+
- Azerbaijani: Template:T+
- Bashkir: Template:T
- Bulgarian: Template:T+, Template:T+
- Burmese: Template:T+
- Catalan: Template:T
- Czech: Template:T+
- Finnish: Template:T+
- French: Template:T+, Template:T+
- German: Template:T+, Template:T
- Greek: Template:T+
- Hindi: Template:T+
- Latvian: Template:T
- Macedonian: Template:T
- Norman: Template:T
- Norwegian: Template:T
- Persian: Template:T+, Template:T
- Polish: Template:T+
- Portuguese: Template:T+, Template:T+, Template:T+
- Romanian: Template:T+, Template:T+
- Russian: Template:T+, Template:T+
- Spanish: Template:T+, Template:T+
- Swedish: Template:T+
- Telugu: Template:T
- Thai: Template:T+
- Turkish: Template:T+
- Yiddish: Template:T
- Zazaki: Template:T+, Template:T, Template:T+
- Abkhaz: Template:T
- Albanian: Template:T+ , Template:T+
- Armenian: Template:T+
- Azerbaijani: Template:T+, Template:T
- Bambara: Template:T
- Bashkir: Template:T, Template:T
- Bulgarian: Template:T+
- Burmese: Template:T+
- Catalan: Template:T+
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: Template:T+, Template:T
- Czech: Template:T+
- Danish: Template:T+
- Dutch: Template:T+, Template:T+
- Esperanto: Template:T+
- Estonian: Template:T+
- Finnish: Template:T+
- French: Template:T+
- Galician: Template:T+
- German: Template:T+
- Greek: Template:T+
- Hebrew: Template:T, Template:T
- Hindi: Template:T+
- Hungarian: Template:T+
- Ido: Template:T+
- Interlingua: Template:T+
- Irish: Template:T
- Old Irish: Template:T
- Italian: Template:T+
- Japanese: Template:T+
- Korean: Template:T+, Template:T+
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: Template:T+, Template:T+
- Latvian: Template:T
- Limburgish: Template:T+
- Macedonian: Template:T
- Malayalam: Template:T
- Maori: Template:T
- Ngazidja Comorian: Template:T
- Norman: Template:T
- Norwegian: Template:T+, Template:T
- Old English: Template:T
- Polish: Template:T+
- Portuguese: Template:T+
- Quechua: Template:T
- Romanian: Template:T+
- Russian: Template:T+
- Scottish Gaelic: Template:T
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Roman: Template:T, Template:T+
- Sindhi: Template:T, Template:T+
- Slovene: Template:T+
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: Template:T
- Spanish: Template:T+, Template:T+
- Swedish: Template:T+
- Telugu: Template:T
- Thai: Template:T+
- Turkish: Template:T+, Template:T
- Vietnamese: Template:T+
- Yiddish: Template:T
- Albanian: Template:T
- Arabic: Template:T+
- Azerbaijani: Template:T+
- Bambara: Template:T
- Bashkir: Template:T
- Bulgarian: Template:T+
- Catalan: Template:T+
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: Template:T+
- Czech: Template:T+
- Danish: Template:T+
- Dutch: Template:T+, Template:T+
- Esperanto: Template:T+
- Estonian: Template:T+
- Finnish: Template:T+, Template:T+
- French: Template:T+
- Galician: Template:T+
- German: Template:T+
- Greek: Template:T+
- Hebrew: Template:T
- Ido: Template:T+
- Interlingua: Template:T+
- Irish: Template:T
- Italian: Template:T+, Template:T+, Template:T+ Template:Gloss
- Japanese: Template:T+
- Korean: Template:T+
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: Template:T+, Template:T+, Template:T+
- Limburgish: Template:T+
- Lithuanian: Template:T+
- Macedonian: Template:T
- Norwegian: Template:T+
- Polish: Template:T+
- Portuguese: Template:T+
- Romanian: Template:T+, Template:T+
- Russian: Template:T+
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Roman: Template:T+
- Sindhi: Template:T
- Spanish: Template:T+
- Swedish: Template:T+
- Telugu: Template:T
- Turkish: Template:T+
- Zazaki: Template:T
- Albanian: Template:T+
- Arabic: Template:T, Template:T
- Armenian: Template:T+
- Bashkir: Template:T / Template:T, Template:T / Template:T
- Burmese: Template:T+
- Czech: Template:T+
- Dutch: Template:T+, Template:T
- Finnish: Template:T+, Template:T, Template:T+
- French: Template:T+
- Galician: Template:T+
- German: Template:T+, Template:T+, Template:T+
- Hebrew: Template:T+
- Hindi: Template:T+, Template:T
- Indonesian: Template:T+, Template:T+
- Irish: Template:T+
- Italian: Template:T+
- Low German:
- German Low German: Template:T+
- Macedonian: Template:T, Template:T
- Malay: Template:T+
- Norwegian: Template:T+, Template:T+
- Persian: Template:T+
- Polish: Template:T+, Template:T+
- Portuguese: Template:T+
- Romanian: Template:T+
- Serbo-Croatian: Template:T, Template:T
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: Template:T
- Telugu: Template:T+
- Zazaki: Template:T
- Czech: Template:T+
- Finnish: Template:T+
- Hindi: Template:T+, Template:T+
- Portuguese: Template:T+
- Telugu: Template:T
- Azerbaijani: Template:T+
- Finnish: Template:T+
- Turkish: Template:T+
- Zazaki: Template:T+
- Albanian: Template:Qualifier Template:T+check, Template:T+check
- Interlingua: Template:T+check
- Italian: Template:T+check
- Lithuanian: Template:Qualifier Template:T+check, Template:Qualifier Template:T-check
- Low German: Template:T-check, Template:T-check
- Occitan: Template:Qualifier Template:T+check, Template:Qualifier Template:T+check, Template:Qualifier Template:T-check, Template:Qualifier Template:T-check
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovak: Template:T-check, Template:T+check, Template:Qualifier Template:T-check, Template:Qualifier Template:T-check, Template:Qualifier Template:T+check
- Swedish: Template:T+check, Template:T+check, Template:T+check
- Tamil: Template:T+check
- Volapük: Template:T+check, Template:T+check
- West Frisian: Template:T-check, Template:T-check
Adverb
- Without needing to pay.
- Template:Lb Freely; willingly.
Translations
- Albanian: Template:T+
- Arabic: Template:T
- Hijazi Arabic: Template:T
- Armenian: Template:T+, Template:T+
- Bulgarian: Template:T+
- Catalan: Template:T+, Template:T+, Template:T+
- Chukchi: Template:T
- Czech: Template:T+
- Danish: Template:T+
- Dutch: Template:T+
- Esperanto: Template:T
- Estonian: Template:T
- Finnish: Template:T+
- French: Template:T+, Template:T+, Template:T+
- German: Template:T+, Template:T+
- Hindi: Template:T, Template:T, Template:T+
- Hungarian: Template:T+
- Icelandic: Template:T+
- Indonesian: Template:T+, Template:T+
- Irish: Template:T
- Italian: Template:T+
- Kabuverdianu: Template:T
- Latin: Template:T
- Latvian: Template:T
- Macedonian: Template:T
- Malayalam: Template:T+, Template:T
- Maori: Template:T+
- Navajo: Template:T, Template:T
- Norwegian: Template:T+
- Plautdietsch: Template:T
- Polish: Template:T+, Template:T+
- Portuguese: Template:T+, Template:T+, Template:T+
- Russian: Template:T+, Template:T+
- Scottish Gaelic: Template:T
- Spanish: Template:T+, Template:T, Template:T+ Template:Qualifier, Template:T, Template:T, Template:T, Template:T+
- Swedish: Template:T+
- Tagalog: Template:T, Template:T, Template:T
- Tamil: Template:T+
- Telugu: Template:T
- Thai: Template:T+
- Turkish: Template:T+
- Welsh: Template:T+
- Yiddish: Template:T
- Zazaki: Template:T
Verb

- Template:Lb To make free; set at liberty; release.
- Template:Lb To rid of something that confines or oppresses. Template:+obj
- Template:Lb To relinquish (previously allocated memory) to the system.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
- Afrikaans: Template:T, Template:T, Template:T
- Albanian: Template:T, Template:T+
- Arabic: Template:T+
- Egyptian Arabic: Template:T
- Armenian: Template:T+
- Belarusian: Template:T, Template:T
- Bulgarian: Template:T+, Template:T
- Catalan: Template:T+
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: Template:T+
- Czech: Template:T, Template:T+
- Danish: Template:T, Template:T, Template:T
- Dutch: Template:T+, Template:T+, Template:T
- Esperanto: Template:T, Template:T
- Estonian: Template:T+, Template:T
- Finnish: Template:T+, Template:T
- French: Template:T+, Template:T+, Template:T+
- Galician: Template:T+
- German: Template:T+, Template:T+ Template:Qualifier
- Greek: Template:T+
- Hebrew: Template:T+
- Hindi: Template:T
- Hungarian: Template:T+, Template:T+, Template:T+
- Ido: Template:T+
- Indonesian: Template:T+, Template:T+
- Interlingua: Template:T+
- Irish: Template:T, Template:T
- Italian: Template:T+
- Japanese: Template:T+
- Korean: Template:T+
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: Template:T
- Latin: Template:T
- Latvian: Template:T, Template:T
- Lithuanian: Template:T
- Macedonian: Template:T, Template:T
- Malayalam: Template:T
- Maori: Template:T+, Template:T, Template:T Template:Qualifier
- Norman: Template:T
- Norwegian: Template:T+, Template:T, Template:T, Template:T
- Occitan: Template:T+
- Old English: Template:T
- Persian: Template:T, Template:T+
- Polish: Template:T+, Template:T+, Template:T+, Template:T+, Template:T, Template:T+
- Portuguese: Template:T+, Template:T+, Template:T+
- Romanian: Template:T+, Template:T+
- Russian: Template:T+, Template:T+, Template:T+, Template:T+
- Sanskrit: Template:T+
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: Template:T, Template:T
- Roman: Template:T+, Template:T+
- Slovak: Template:T, Template:T+
- Slovene: Template:T, Template:T
- Spanish: Template:T+, Template:T+, Template:T+
- Swedish: Template:T+, Template:T+, Template:T+(ga)
- Telugu: Template:T
- Thai: Template:T+
- Turkish: Template:T+
- Ukrainian: Template:T, Template:T, Template:T, Template:T
- Urdu: Template:T, Template:T, Template:T+
- Vietnamese: Template:T+ (Template:T+)
- Welsh: Template:T+
- Yiddish: Template:T
- Finnish: Template:T+, Template:T+
- Hungarian: Template:T+, Template:T
- Finnish: Template:T+
- Hungarian: Template:T+
Noun
- Template:Lb Template:Abbreviation of
- 2006, [1]:
- Whether deserved or not, the free gave Cresswell the chance to cover himself in glory with a shot on goal after the siren.
- 2006, [1]:
- Template:Lb A free transfer.
- Template:Lb The usual means of restarting play after a foul is committed, where the non-offending team restarts from where the foul was committed.
- Template:Lb Template:Abbreviation of
Translations
- Finnish: Template:T+
- German: Template:T+
- Irish: Template:T
References
- ↑ Template:R:Etymonline
- ↑ "frei" in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Anagrams
Galician
Verb
Low German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Template:Inh, variant of Template:M, from Template:Der, from Template:Der, from Template:Der. Compare Template:Cog, Template:Cog, Template:Cog, Template:Cog.