"Fred" meaning in All languages combined

See Fred on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

IPA: /fɹɛd/ Audio: En-au-Fred.ogg [Australia]
enPR: frĕd Rhymes: -ɛd Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Fred
  1. A short version of Frederick, Alfred, or Wilfred, also used as a formal male given name. Categories (topical): English diminutives of male given names, People
    Sense id: en-Fred-en-name-YpQc3fvw Disambiguation of English diminutives of male given names: 83 12 5 Disambiguation of People: 46 8 47 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 38 21 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 50 33 17 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 37 42 21
  2. (military, slang) The Lockheed C-5 Galaxy, a military transport aircraft widely used by USAF aircrews. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-Fred-en-name-W7V9RChR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 38 21 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 37 42 21 Topics: government, military, politics, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Freddish

Noun [English]

IPA: /fɹɛd/ Audio: En-au-Fred.ogg [Australia] Forms: Freds [plural]
enPR: frĕd Rhymes: -ɛd Head templates: {{en-noun}} Fred (plural Freds)
  1. (cycling, slang, derogatory) A novice cyclist. Tags: derogatory, slang Categories (topical): Cycling, People
    Sense id: en-Fred-en-noun-0FVzJTbD Disambiguation of People: 46 8 47 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 38 21 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 37 42 21 Topics: cycling, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Proper name [Norwegian]

Head templates: {{head|no|proper noun}} Fred
  1. a male given name from the vocabulary word fred "peace", or borrowed from English Categories (topical): Norwegian given names, Norwegian male given names
    Sense id: en-Fred-no-name-e7F1Iv0q Categories (other): Norwegian entries with incorrect language header

Proper name [Swedish]

Forms: Freds [genitive]
Head templates: {{head|sv|proper noun|genitive|Freds|g=c|head=}} Fred c (genitive Freds), {{sv-proper noun|c}} Fred c (genitive Freds)
  1. a male given name from the vocabulary word fred "peace", or borrowed from English Tags: common-gender Categories (topical): Swedish given names, Swedish male given names
    Sense id: en-Fred-sv-name-e7F1Iv0q Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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        "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Swedish given names",
        "Swedish lemmas",
        "Swedish male given names",
        "Swedish proper nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a male given name from the vocabulary word fred \"peace\", or borrowed from English"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ],
        [
          "fred",
          "fred"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Fred"
}

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