fraught

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• Received-Pronunciation: /fɹɔːt/
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• Australian, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard: /fɹoːt/
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• /fɹɔt/ without the cot–caught merger
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• cot-caught-merger: /fɹɑt/
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• Scotland: /fɾɔt/
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• Wales: /fɾɔːt/
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• homophone: frot (cot–caught merger)
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• rhymes with -ɔːt
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• CMU ARPABET: F R AO1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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The verb is derived from Middle English fraughten, fraghten, freghten (“to hire (a ship, etc.) for transporting goods; to load (a ship, etc.) with cargo or passengers; to store, stow away; (figurative) to provide an ample supply of (goods, income, etc.)”), from Middle Dutch vrachten, vrechten, from vracht, vrecht (noun) (see etymology 1) + -en (suffix forming infinitives of verbs). The adjective is derived from Middle English fraught, fraght (“burdened, loaded”), the past participle of fraughten, fraghten (verb) (see above).

From Middle English fraught, fraght, freght (“transport of goods or people (usually by water); charge for such transport; facilities for such transport; cargo or passengers of a ship; ballast of a ship; goods in general; (figurative) burden; charge”), from Middle Dutch vracht, vrecht, or Middle Low German vracht, vrecht (“cargo, freight; charge for transport of goods”), from Proto-Germanic *fra-aihtiz, from *fra- (intensifying prefix) + Proto-Germanic *aihtiz (“acquisition; possessions, property”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h2eyḱ- (“to come into possession of, obtain; to own, possess”)). Doublet of freight. Cognates * Danish fragt * Old English ǣht (“livestock; property; possession; power”) * Old High German frēht (“earnings”) (modern German fracht) * Swedish frakt

69 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: натоварен (natovaren) — of a boat, ship, or other vessel: laden with cargo
• Czech: plný — of a boat, ship, or other vessel: laden with cargo
• Dutch: beladen — of a boat, ship, or other vessel: laden with cargo
• French: chargé — of a boat, ship, or other vessel: laden with cargo
• German: beladen — of a boat, ship, or other vessel: laden with cargo
• German: belastet — of a boat, ship, or other vessel: laden with cargo
• German: befrachtet — of a boat, ship, or other vessel: laden with cargo
• Macedonian: нато́варен (natóvaren) — of a boat, ship, or other vessel: laden with cargo
• Portuguese: sobrecarregado — of a boat, ship, or other vessel: laden with cargo
• Russian: нагру́женный (nagrúžennyj) — of a boat, ship, or other vessel: laden with cargo
• Russian: гру́женый (grúženyj) — of a boat, ship, or other vessel: laden with cargo
• Spanish: cargado — of a boat, ship, or other vessel: laden with cargo
• Arabic: مَمْلُوء (mamlūʔ) — carrying, or charged or loaded up with (usually something negative)
• Bulgarian: изпълнен (izpǎlnen) — carrying, or charged or loaded up with (usually something negative)
• Czech: plný — carrying, or charged or loaded up with (usually something negative)
• Dutch: beladen — carrying, or charged or loaded up with (usually something negative)
• Dutch: vol — carrying, or charged or loaded up with (usually something negative)
• Finnish: -täyteinen — carrying, or charged or loaded up with (usually something negative)
• French: chargé — carrying, or charged or loaded up with (usually something negative)
• French: plein — carrying, or charged or loaded up with (usually something negative)
• French: rempli — carrying, or charged or loaded up with (usually something negative)
• German: voll — carrying, or charged or loaded up with (usually something negative)
• German: belastet — carrying, or charged or loaded up with (usually something negative)
• German: beladen — carrying, or charged or loaded up with (usually something negative)
• Greek: γεμάτος (gemátos) — carrying, or charged or loaded up with (usually something negative)
• Greek: φορτωμένος (fortoménos) — carrying, or charged or loaded up with (usually something negative)
• Greek: πλήρης (plíris) — carrying, or charged or loaded up with (usually something negative)
• Italian: gravido — carrying, or charged or loaded up with (usually something negative)
• Italian: pieno — carrying, or charged or loaded up with (usually something negative)
• Italian: carico — carrying, or charged or loaded up with (usually something negative)
• Macedonian: полн (poln) — carrying, or charged or loaded up with (usually something negative)
• Macedonian: и́сполнет (íspolnet) — carrying, or charged or loaded up with (usually something negative)
• Māori: kōpā — carrying, or charged or loaded up with (usually something negative)
• Norwegian: full — carrying, or charged or loaded up with (usually something negative)
• Persian: آکنده (âkande) — carrying, or charged or loaded up with (usually something negative)
• Portuguese: repleto — carrying, or charged or loaded up with (usually something negative)
• Russian: по́лный (pólnyj) — carrying, or charged or loaded up with (usually something negative)
• Russian: преиспо́лненный (preispólnennyj) — carrying, or charged or loaded up with (usually something negative)
• Russian: чрева́тый (črevátyj) — carrying, or charged or loaded up with (usually something negative)
• Spanish: cargado — carrying, or charged or loaded up with (usually something negative)
• Swedish: full — carrying, or charged or loaded up with (usually something negative)
• Swedish: hell — carrying, or charged or loaded up with (usually something negative)
• Turkish: dolu — carrying, or charged or loaded up with (usually something negative)
• Bulgarian: загрижен (zagrižen) — carrying or loaded with anxiety, fear, or stress — see also distressed
• Czech: náročný — carrying or loaded with anxiety, fear, or stress — see also distressed
• Czech: napjatý — carrying or loaded with anxiety, fear, or stress — see also distressed
• Czech: těžký — carrying or loaded with anxiety, fear, or stress — see also distressed
• Dutch: bezorgd — carrying or loaded with anxiety, fear, or stress — see also distressed
• Finnish: huolestunut — carrying or loaded with anxiety, fear, or stress — see also distressed
• French: stressant — carrying or loaded with anxiety, fear, or stress — see also distressed
• French: tendu — carrying or loaded with anxiety, fear, or stress — see also distressed
• German: angespannt — carrying or loaded with anxiety, fear, or stress — see also distressed
• German: gespannt — carrying or loaded with anxiety, fear, or stress — see also distressed
• German: belastet — carrying or loaded with anxiety, fear, or stress — see also distressed
• German: nervenaufreibend — carrying or loaded with anxiety, fear, or stress — see also distressed
• German: hektisch — carrying or loaded with anxiety, fear, or stress — see also distressed
• Greek: γεμάτος (gemátos) — carrying or loaded with anxiety, fear, or stress — see also distressed
• Greek: φορτωμένος (fortoménos) — carrying or loaded with anxiety, fear, or stress — see also distressed
• Italian: teso — carrying or loaded with anxiety, fear, or stress — see also distressed
• Macedonian: за́грижен (zágrižen) — carrying or loaded with anxiety, fear, or stress — see also distressed
• Portuguese: problemático — carrying or loaded with anxiety, fear, or stress — see also distressed
• Portuguese: inquietante — carrying or loaded with anxiety, fear, or stress — see also distressed
• Russian: удручённый (udručónnyj) — carrying or loaded with anxiety, fear, or stress — see also distressed
• Russian: пода́вленный (podávlennyj) — carrying or loaded with anxiety, fear, or stress — see also distressed
• Spanish: angustiado — carrying or loaded with anxiety, fear, or stress — see also distressed
• Spanish: tenso — carrying or loaded with anxiety, fear, or stress — see also distressed
• Swedish: belastad — carrying or loaded with anxiety, fear, or stress — see also distressed
• Turkish: endişeli — carrying or loaded with anxiety, fear, or stress — see also distressed
• Turkish: kaygılı — carrying or loaded with anxiety, fear, or stress — see also distressed