fret
French, noun/fʁɛt/
fret is spelled F-R-E-T (4 letters) and appears 3.9 times per million words in written French, the 13,339th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fret is a French masculine noun meaning “freight, cargo fees: the cost of transporting cargo by boat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Prix du transport par bateau (ou par train, avion, camion) d’une cargaison d’un point à un autre”.
What does fret mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefreight, cargo fees: the cost of transporting cargo by boat
- 2
masculinerental of a ship, in whole or in part
- 3
masculinefreight, cargo, payload (of a ship)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Prix du transport par bateau (ou par train, avion, camion) d’une cargaison d’un point à un autre. 2. Louage d’un bâtiment (ou d’un train, d’un avion, d’un camion), soit en totalité, soit en partie. 3. Cargaison, chargement d’un navire de commerce, d’un train, d’un avion ou d’un camion.
adjective: 1. Variante de froid.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of fret
- frets plural
- frette singular feminine
- frettes plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fret?
- /fʁɛt/
- /fʁɛ/
- \fʁɛt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fret
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fret in French?
fret appears 3.9 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).