"frein" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /fʁɛ̃/ Audio: Fr-frein.ogg Forms: freins [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛ̃ Etymology: Inherited from Old French frein, from Latin frēnum n. Cognate with Portuguese freio and Spanish freno. Cf. the borrowed freiner. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|frein|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French frein, {{inh+|fr|fro|frein}} Inherited from Old French frein, {{inh|fr|la|frēnum|g=n}} Latin frēnum n, {{cog|pt|freio}} Portuguese freio, {{cog|es|freno}} Spanish freno Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} frein m (plural freins)
  1. (chiefly obsolete) bit (equipment put in a horse's mouth) Tags: masculine, obsolete Synonyms: mors
    Sense id: en-frein-fr-noun-QGdGe9gh Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Auto parts Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 68 3 3 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 73 5 5 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 84 3 3 11 Disambiguation of Auto parts: 67 8 5 19
  2. brake (of a vehicle, etc.) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-frein-fr-noun-bvG7c4VS
  3. (figuratively) restraint, reserve Tags: figuratively, masculine
    Sense id: en-frein-fr-noun-Nwn4ooso
  4. (anatomy) frenulum Tags: masculine Synonyms: filet
    Sense id: en-frein-fr-noun-FrYrvEpF Categories (other): Anatomy Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: freinage [masculine], freiner, frein à disque [masculine], frein à main [masculine], plaquette de frein [feminine], ronger son frein Related terms: refréner

Inflected forms

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    },
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "frein à disque"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "frein à main"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "plaquette de frein"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ronger son frein"
    }
  ],
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "km",
            "2": "ហ្វ្រ័ង",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Khmer: ហ្វ្រ័ង (frang)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Khmer: ហ្វ្រ័ង (frang)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ota",
            "2": "فرن",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "fren"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ottoman Turkish: فرن (fren), فرهن (fren)\nTurkish: fren",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ottoman Turkish: فرن (fren), فرهن (fren)\nTurkish: fren"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vi",
            "2": "phanh",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Vietnamese: phanh",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Vietnamese: phanh"
    }
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        "4": "",
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        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
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        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Old French frein",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
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        "3": "frein"
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "la",
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      "expansion": "Latin frēnum n",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "freio"
      },
      "expansion": "Portuguese freio",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "freno"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish freno",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "freins",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
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  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "refréner"
    }
  ],
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          "_dis": "68 3 3 26",
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          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "73 5 5 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "84 3 3 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "67 8 5 19",
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          "name": "Auto parts",
          "orig": "fr:Auto parts",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
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        "bit (equipment put in a horse's mouth)"
      ],
      "id": "en-frein-fr-noun-QGdGe9gh",
      "links": [
        [
          "bit",
          "bit"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly obsolete) bit (equipment put in a horse's mouth)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "mors"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "brake (of a vehicle, etc.)"
      ],
      "id": "en-frein-fr-noun-bvG7c4VS",
      "links": [
        [
          "brake",
          "brake"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "restraint, reserve"
      ],
      "id": "en-frein-fr-noun-Nwn4ooso",
      "links": [
        [
          "restraint",
          "restraint"
        ],
        [
          "reserve",
          "reserve"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) restraint, reserve"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
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          "langcode": "fr",
          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "fr:Anatomy",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "frenulum linguae",
          "text": "frein de la langue",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "frenulum preputii penis",
          "text": "frein du prépuce",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "frenulum"
      ],
      "id": "en-frein-fr-noun-FrYrvEpF",
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "frenulum",
          "frenulum"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy) frenulum"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "filet"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fʁɛ̃/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-frein.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/75/Fr-frein.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛ̃"
    }
  ],
  "word": "frein"
}
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    "French countable nouns",
    "French entries with incorrect language header",
    "French lemmas",
    "French masculine nouns",
    "French nouns",
    "French terms derived from Latin",
    "French terms derived from Old French",
    "French terms inherited from Latin",
    "French terms inherited from Old French",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:French/ɛ̃",
    "Rhymes:French/ɛ̃/1 syllable",
    "fr:Auto parts"
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "freinage"
    },
    {
      "word": "freiner"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "frein à disque"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "frein à main"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "plaquette de frein"
    },
    {
      "word": "ronger son frein"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "km",
            "2": "ហ្វ្រ័ង",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Khmer: ហ្វ្រ័ង (frang)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Khmer: ហ្វ្រ័ង (frang)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ota",
            "2": "فرن",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "fren"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ottoman Turkish: فرن (fren), فرهن (fren)\nTurkish: fren",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ottoman Turkish: فرن (fren), فرهن (fren)\nTurkish: fren"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vi",
            "2": "phanh",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Vietnamese: phanh",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Vietnamese: phanh"
    }
  ],
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        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Old French frein",
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    },
    {
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        "3": "frein"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Old French frein",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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      "expansion": "Latin frēnum n",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "freio"
      },
      "expansion": "Portuguese freio",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "freno"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish freno",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Old French frein, from Latin frēnum n. Cognate with Portuguese freio and Spanish freno.\nCf. the borrowed freiner.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "freins",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "frein m (plural freins)",
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  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "refréner"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "French terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bit (equipment put in a horse's mouth)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bit",
          "bit"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly obsolete) bit (equipment put in a horse's mouth)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "mors"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "brake (of a vehicle, etc.)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "brake",
          "brake"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "restraint, reserve"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "restraint",
          "restraint"
        ],
        [
          "reserve",
          "reserve"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) restraint, reserve"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "French terms with usage examples",
        "fr:Anatomy"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "frenulum linguae",
          "text": "frein de la langue",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "frenulum preputii penis",
          "text": "frein du prépuce",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "frenulum"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "frenulum",
          "frenulum"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy) frenulum"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "filet"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fʁɛ̃/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-frein.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/75/Fr-frein.ogg/Fr-frein.ogg.mp3",
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛ̃"
    }
  ],
  "word": "frein"
}

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