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• frē
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• Received-Pronunciation: /fɹiː/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [fɹɪi̯]
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• Received-Pronunciation: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• British, Southern, Standard: /fɹɪj/
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• General-American: /fɹi/
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• homophone: three (th-fronting)
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• rhymes with -iː
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• /fɹiː/
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• CMU ARPABET: F R IY1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *preyH- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *priHós Proto-Germanic *frijwaz Proto-West Germanic *friu Old English frēo Middle English fre English free From Middle English fre, from Old English frēo, frēoh, frī, friġ, frīoh (“free”), from Proto-West Germanic *frī, from Proto-Germanic *frijaz (“beloved, not in bondage”), from Proto-Indo-European *priHós (“pleased, loved”), from *preyH- (“to please; to love”). Related to friend. cognates, etc Germanic cognates include Scots fre (“free”), North Frisian frai, frei, fri, Frii (“free”), Saterland Frisian fräi (“free”), West Frisian frij (“free”), Dutch vrij (“free”), German frei (“free”), Low German free (“free”), Luxembourgish fräi (“free”), Vilamovian frȧj (“free”), Yiddish פֿרײַ (fray, “free”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish fri (“free”), Faroese fríur (“free”), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 (freis, “free”). Other cognates include Cornish rydh (“free”), Welsh rhydd (“free”), Latin propriō (“to appropriate”), Czech přát (“to wish; to favour”), Polish sprzyjać (“to favour, foster”), Serbo-Croatian прѝјати, prìjati (“to please, taste, suit; to be agreeable, relish”), Slovak priať (“to wish”), Avestan 𐬟𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀 (friia, “good, pleasant”), Persian فری (fari, “beloved, dear; agreeable, pleasing”), Sanskrit प्रिय (priya, “beloved”). 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").

English surname, from Old English freo (“freeborn”).

From Middle English freen, freoȝen, from Old English frēon, frēoġan (“to free; make free”), from Proto-West Germanic *frijōn, from Proto-Germanic *frijōną, from Proto-Indo-European *preyH-, and is cognate with German freien, Dutch vrijen, Czech přát, Serbo-Croatian prijati, Polish sprzyjać.

711 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: vrye — not imprisoned
• Albanian: lirë (i/e) — not imprisoned
• Southern Altai: эркин (erkin) — not imprisoned
• Amharic: ነፃ (näṣ́a) — not imprisoned
• Arabic: حُرّ (ḥurr) — not imprisoned
• Arabic: حر (ḥurr) — not imprisoned
• Arabic: حر (ḥurr) — not imprisoned
• Armenian: արձակ (arjak) — not imprisoned
• Armenian: ազատ (azat) — not imprisoned
• Aromanian: lefter — not imprisoned
• Assamese: মুকলি (mukoli) — not imprisoned
• Asturian: llibre — not imprisoned
• Azerbaijani: azad — not imprisoned
• Bambara: hɔrɔn — not imprisoned
• Bashkir: ирекле (irekle) — not imprisoned
• Bashkir: азат (azat) — not imprisoned
• Bashkir: бәйһеҙ (bəyheź) — not imprisoned
• Bashkir: хөр (xör) — not imprisoned
• Basque: aske — not imprisoned
• Belarusian: свабо́дны (svabódny) — not imprisoned
• Belarusian: во́льны (vólʹny) — not imprisoned
• Bengali: মুক্ত (mukto) — not imprisoned
• Bengali: আজাদ (ajad) — not imprisoned
• Central Bikol: talingkas — not imprisoned
• Bulgarian: свобо́ден (svobóden) — not imprisoned
• Catalan: lliure — not imprisoned
• Chinese Cantonese: 自由 (zi6 jau4) — not imprisoned
• Chinese Mandarin: 自由的 (zìyóu de) — not imprisoned
• Czech: svobodný — not imprisoned
• Czech: volný — not imprisoned
• Danish: fri — not imprisoned
• Dutch: vrij — not imprisoned
• Dutch: los — not imprisoned
• Esperanto: libera — not imprisoned
• Estonian: vaba — not imprisoned
• Estonian: prii — not imprisoned
• Faroese: frælsur — not imprisoned
• Finnish: vapaa — not imprisoned
• French: libre — not imprisoned
• West-Frisian: frijlitten — not imprisoned
• West-Frisian: frij — not imprisoned
• Friulian: libar — not imprisoned
• Galician: ceibo — not imprisoned
• Galician: libre — not imprisoned
• Georgian: თავისუფალი (tavisupali) — not imprisoned
• German: frei — not imprisoned
• Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 (freis) — not imprisoned
• Greek: ελεύθερος (eléftheros) — not imprisoned
• Ancient Greek: ἐλεύθερος (eleútheros) — not imprisoned
• Haitian Creole: lib — not imprisoned
• Hebrew: חופשי — not imprisoned
• Hebrew: חָפְשִׁי (khofshí) — not imprisoned
• Hindi: मुक्त (mukt) — not imprisoned
• Hindi: आज़ाद (āzād) — not imprisoned
• Hindi: स्वतंत्र (svatantra) — not imprisoned
• Hindi: रिहा (rihā) — not imprisoned
• Hungarian: szabad — not imprisoned
• Icelandic: frjáls — not imprisoned
• Ido: libera — not imprisoned
• Indonesian: bebas — not imprisoned
• Ingrian: vappaa — not imprisoned
• Interlingua: libere — not imprisoned
• Irish: saor — not imprisoned
• Old Irish: sóer — not imprisoned
• Istriot: leîbaro — not imprisoned
• Italian: libero — not imprisoned
• Japanese: 自由 (jiyū) — not imprisoned
• Jarai: rơngai — not imprisoned
• Khmer: សេរី (seerəy) — not imprisoned
• Korean: 자유 (jayu) — not imprisoned
• Central Kurdish: ئازاد (azad) — not imprisoned
• Central Kurdish: ڕزگار (rizgar) — not imprisoned
• Northern Kurdish: azad — not imprisoned
• Northern Kurdish: serbest — not imprisoned
• Northern Kurdish: rizgar — not imprisoned
• Latin: līber — not imprisoned
• Latvian: brīvs — not imprisoned
• Leonese: ḷḷibru — not imprisoned
• Lezgi: азад (azad) — not imprisoned
• Limburgish: vrie — not imprisoned
• Lithuanian: laisvas — not imprisoned
• Lombard: liber — not imprisoned
• Low German: frii — not imprisoned
• Low German: fri — not imprisoned
• Low German: free — not imprisoned
• Luxembourgish: fräi — not imprisoned
• Macedonian: слободен (sloboden) — not imprisoned
• Malay: bebas — not imprisoned
• Malayalam: സ്വതന്ത്രം (svatantraṁ) — not imprisoned
• Manchu: ᠰᡠᠯᡶᠠᠩᡤᠠ (sulfangga) — not imprisoned
• Māori: herekore — not imprisoned
• Norman: libre — not imprisoned
• Norwegian: fri — not imprisoned
• Occitan: liure — not imprisoned
• Old English: frēo — not imprisoned
• Papiamentu: liber — not imprisoned
• Persian: آزاد (âzâd) — not imprisoned
• Persian: رها (rahâ) — not imprisoned
• Piedmontese: liber — not imprisoned
• Polish: wolny — not imprisoned
• Polish: swobodny — not imprisoned
• Portuguese: livre — not imprisoned
• Quechua: qispi — not imprisoned
• Romagnol: lèbar — not imprisoned
• Romanian: liber — not imprisoned
• Romanian: slobod — not imprisoned
• Russian: свобо́дный (svobódnyj) — not imprisoned
• Russian: во́льный (vólʹnyj) — not imprisoned
• Sanskrit: मुक्त (mukta) — not imprisoned
• Sanskrit: स्वतन्त्र (svatantra) — not imprisoned
• Scottish Gaelic: saor — not imprisoned
• Serbo-Croatian: слободан — not imprisoned
• Serbo-Croatian: slobodan — not imprisoned
• Seychellois Creole: lib — not imprisoned
• Sindhi: آزاد (āzād) — not imprisoned
• Slovak: slobodný — not imprisoned
• Slovak: voľný — not imprisoned
• Slovene: svoboden — not imprisoned
• Somali: xor — not imprisoned
• Spanish: libre — not imprisoned
• Swahili: huru — not imprisoned
• Swedish: fri — not imprisoned
• Tabasaran: азад (azad) — not imprisoned
• Tagalog: malaya — not imprisoned
• Tarantino: lìbbere — not imprisoned
• Tatar: ирекле (irekle) — not imprisoned
• Tatar: азат (azat) — not imprisoned
• Tatar: бәйсез (bäysez) — not imprisoned
• Tatar: хөр (xör) — not imprisoned
• Telugu: విడుదల (viḍudala) — not imprisoned
• Thai: อิสระ (ìt-sà-rà) — not imprisoned
• Turkish: özgür — not imprisoned
• Udi: азад (azad) — not imprisoned
• Ukrainian: ві́льний (vílʹnyj) — not imprisoned
• Ukrainian: свобі́дний (svobídnyj) — not imprisoned
• Urdu: آزاد (āzād) — not imprisoned
• Urdu: سوتنتر (svatantra) — not imprisoned
• Urdu: مکت (mukt) — not imprisoned
• Uyghur: ئەركىن (erkin) — not imprisoned
• Uyghur: ھۆر (hör) — not imprisoned
• Vietnamese: tự do — not imprisoned
• Volapük: libik — not imprisoned
• Walloon: libe — not imprisoned
• Welsh: rhydd — not imprisoned
• Wolaytta: la'a — not imprisoned
• Wolaytta: yeda — not imprisoned
• Yiddish: פֿרײַ (fray) — not imprisoned
• Yucatec Maya: jáalkʼab — not imprisoned
• Zazaki: azad (diq) — not imprisoned
• Zazaki: xoser — not imprisoned
• Albanian: pafre — unconstrained
• Albanian: falas — unconstrained
• Amharic: ነፃ (näṣ́a) — unconstrained
• Arabic: حُرّ (ḥurr) — unconstrained
• Arabic: حر (ḥurr) — unconstrained
• Armenian: ազատ (azat) — unconstrained
• Assamese: মুকলি (mukoli) — unconstrained
• Asturian: llibre — unconstrained
• Azerbaijani: sərbəst — unconstrained
• Bambara: hɔrɔn — unconstrained
• Bashkir: иркен (irken) — unconstrained
• Catalan: lliure — unconstrained
• Chinese Mandarin: 自由的 (zìyóu de) — unconstrained
• Czech: volný — unconstrained
• Danish: fri — unconstrained
• Dutch: vrij — unconstrained
• Dutch: los — unconstrained
• Dutch: loslopend — unconstrained
• Esperanto: libera — unconstrained
• Estonian: vaba — unconstrained
• Estonian: prii — unconstrained
• Finnish: vapaa — unconstrained
• Finnish: rajoittamaton — unconstrained
• French: libre — unconstrained
• Galician: libre — unconstrained
• German: frei — unconstrained
• German: ungezwungen — unconstrained
• German: freimütig — unconstrained
• German: frank und frei — unconstrained
• Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 (freis) — unconstrained
• Greek: ελεύθερος (eléftheros) — unconstrained
• Greek: ανεμπόδιστος (anempódistos) — unconstrained
• Hebrew: פָּנוּי (panúy) — unconstrained
• Hindi: आज़ाद (āzād) — unconstrained
• Hindi: मुक्त (mukt) — unconstrained
• Hindi: स्वतंत्र (svatantra) — unconstrained
• Ido: libera — unconstrained
• Interlingua: libere — unconstrained
• Interlingua: franc — unconstrained
• Irish: saor — unconstrained
• Irish: scaoilte — unconstrained
• Irish: éasca — unconstrained
• Old Irish: sóer — unconstrained
• Italian: libero — unconstrained
• Italian: brado — unconstrained
• Japanese: 自由 (jiyū) — unconstrained
• Khmer: ស្រស់ស្រាយ (srɑh sraay) — unconstrained
• Korean: 자유적(自由的)이다 (jayujeog-ida) — unconstrained
• Central Kurdish: سەربەست (serbest) — unconstrained
• Northern Kurdish: berdayî — unconstrained
• Northern Kurdish: aza — unconstrained
• Latin: līber — unconstrained
• Latvian: brīvs — unconstrained
• Limburgish: vrie — unconstrained
• Lindu: naloa — unconstrained
• Low German: free — unconstrained
• Macedonian: слободен (sloboden) — unconstrained
• Malay: merdeka — unconstrained
• Malayalam: സ്വതന്ത്രം (svatantraṁ) — unconstrained
• Māori: māhorahora — unconstrained
• Norman: libre — unconstrained
• Norwegian: fri — unconstrained
• Norwegian: løs — unconstrained
• Old English: unċīepe — unconstrained
• Persian: آزاد (âzâd) — unconstrained
• Polish: wolny — unconstrained
• Polish: swobodny — unconstrained
• Portuguese: livre — unconstrained
• Romanian: liber — unconstrained
• Romanian: neîmpiedicat — unconstrained
• Russian: свобо́дный (svobódnyj) — unconstrained
• Scottish Gaelic: saor — unconstrained
• Serbo-Croatian: povoljno — unconstrained
• Serbo-Croatian: voljno — unconstrained
• Serbo-Croatian: neograničen — unconstrained
• Serbo-Croatian: slobodan — unconstrained
• Sindhi: چٽل (cṭl) — unconstrained
• Lower Sorbian: lichy — unconstrained
• Spanish: libre — unconstrained
• Swedish: fri — unconstrained
• Turkish: serbest — unconstrained
• Vietnamese: tự do — unconstrained
• Welsh: rhydd — unconstrained
• Yiddish: פֿרײַ (fray) — unconstrained
• Zazaki: serbest — unconstrained
• Czech: volný — mathematics: unconstrained
• Finnish: vapaa — mathematics: unconstrained
• French: libre — mathematics: unconstrained
• Hungarian: szabad — mathematics: unconstrained
• Norwegian: fri — mathematics: unconstrained
• Polish: wolny — mathematics: unconstrained
• Portuguese: livre — mathematics: unconstrained
• Romanian: liber — mathematics: unconstrained
• Romanian: nelegat — mathematics: unconstrained
• Albanian: lirë — unobstructed
• Assamese: মুকলি (mukoli) — unobstructed
• Azerbaijani: maneə törədilməmiş — unobstructed
• Catalan: lliure — unobstructed
• Chinese Mandarin: 通暢的 /通畅的 (tōngchàng de) — unobstructed
• Chinese Mandarin: 順暢的 /顺畅的 (shùnchàng de) — unobstructed
• Czech: volný — unobstructed
• Dutch: vrij — unobstructed
• Dutch: open — unobstructed
• Esperanto: libera — unobstructed
• Estonian: piiramatu — unobstructed
• Estonian: takistamatu — unobstructed
• Finnish: auki — unobstructed
• Finnish: aukinainen — unobstructed
• Finnish: avoin — unobstructed
• Finnish: esteetön — unobstructed
• Finnish: selvä — unobstructed
• French: libre — unobstructed
• German: frei — unobstructed
• Greek: ελεύθερος (eléftheros) — unobstructed
• Greek: ανεμπόδιστος (anempódistos) — unobstructed
• Hebrew: פָּנוּי (panúy) — unobstructed
• Hindi: निर्बाध (nirbādh) — unobstructed
• Ido: libera — unobstructed
• Interlingua: libere — unobstructed
• Interlingua: franc — unobstructed
• Italian: libero — unobstructed
• Japanese: そのままの — unobstructed
• Korean: 막힘없다 (makhimeopda) — unobstructed
• Northern Kurdish: vekirî — unobstructed
• Northern Kurdish: vebûyî — unobstructed
• Limburgish: vrie — unobstructed
• Low German: free — unobstructed
• Macedonian: непречен (neprečen) — unobstructed
• Māori: māhorahora — unobstructed
• Norman: libre — unobstructed
• Norwegian: åpen — unobstructed
• Norwegian: fri — unobstructed
• Polish: wolny — unobstructed
• Polish: swobodny — unobstructed
• Portuguese: livre — unobstructed
• Romanian: liber — unobstructed
• Romanian: neîmpiedicat — unobstructed
• Russian: беспрепя́тственный (besprepjátstvennyj) — unobstructed
• Russian: свобо́дный (svobódnyj) — unobstructed
• Scottish Gaelic: saor — unobstructed
• Serbo-Croatian: slobodan — unobstructed
• Serbo-Croatian: otvoren — unobstructed
• Sindhi: خلاصو (xlāṣo) — unobstructed
• Slovene: prost — unobstructed
• Lower Sorbian: lichy — unobstructed
• Spanish: libre — unobstructed
• Spanish: sin obstáculos — unobstructed
• Spanish: despejado — unobstructed
• Telugu: అడ్డగించని (aḍḍagiñcani) — unobstructed
• Turkish: engellenmemiş — unobstructed
• Yiddish: פֿרײַ (fray) — unobstructed
• Arabic: شَاغِر (šāḡir) — not in use
• Arabic: فاضى (fāḍi) — not in use
• Armenian: ազատ (azat) — not in use
• Azerbaijani: boş — not in use
• Bashkir: буш (buş) — not in use
• Bulgarian: незает (nezaet) — not in use
• Bulgarian: неизползван (neizpolzvan) — not in use
• Burmese: အား (a:) — not in use
• Catalan: desocupat — not in use
• Czech: volný — not in use
• Finnish: vapaa — not in use
• French: libre — not in use
• French: disponible — not in use
• German: frei — not in use
• German: unbesetzt — not in use
• Greek: ελεύθερος (eléftheros) — not in use
• Hindi: बेकार (bekār) — not in use
• Latvian: brīvs — not in use
• Macedonian: слободен (sloboden) — not in use
• Norman: libre — not in use
• Norwegian: ledig — not in use
• Persian: آزاد (âzâd) — not in use
• Persian: بیکار (bi-kâr) — not in use
• Polish: wolny — not in use
• Portuguese: vago — not in use
• Portuguese: livre — not in use
• Portuguese: desocupado — not in use
• Romanian: liber — not in use
• Romanian: neocupat — not in use
• Russian: свобо́дный (svobódnyj) — not in use
• Russian: неза́нятый (nezánjatyj) — not in use
• Spanish: libre — not in use
• Spanish: desocupado — not in use
• Swedish: ledig — not in use
• Telugu: ఉపయోగించని (upayōgiñcani) — not in use
• Thai: ว่าง (wâang) — not in use
• Turkish: boş — not in use
• Yiddish: פֿרײַ (fray) — not in use
• Zazaki: veng (diq) — not in use
• Zazaki: bêkar — not in use
• Zazaki: azad (diq) — not in use
• Abkhaz: аҭацәы (atacwə) — without obligations
• Albanian: pazënë — without obligations
• Albanian: pa u zan — without obligations
• Armenian: ազատ (azat) — without obligations
• Azerbaijani: sərbəst — without obligations
• Azerbaijani: bağımsız — without obligations
• Bambara: hɔrɔn — without obligations
• Bashkir: буш (buş) — without obligations
• Bashkir: ирекле (irekle) — without obligations
• Bulgarian: свободен (svoboden) — without obligations
• Burmese: အား (a:) — without obligations
• Catalan: lliure — without obligations
• Chinese Mandarin: 自由的 (zìyóu de) — without obligations
• Chinese Mandarin: 空閒 /空閑 /空闲 (kòngxián) — without obligations
• Ngazidja Comorian: na nafasi — without obligations
• Czech: volný — without obligations
• Danish: fri — without obligations
• Dutch: vrij — without obligations
• Dutch: ongedwongen — without obligations
• Esperanto: libera — without obligations
• Estonian: vaba — without obligations
• Finnish: vapaa — without obligations
• French: libre — without obligations
• Galician: libre — without obligations
• German: frei — without obligations
• Greek: ελεύθερος (eléftheros) — without obligations
• Gujarati: નવરું (navrũ) — without obligations
• Hebrew: פָּנוּי (panúy) — without obligations
• Hebrew: חופשי — without obligations
• Hebrew: חָפְשִׁי (khofshí) — without obligations
• Hindi: निबंधन (nibandhan) — without obligations
• Hungarian: szabad — without obligations
• Ido: libera — without obligations
• Interlingua: libere — without obligations
• Irish: saor — without obligations
• Old Irish: sóer — without obligations
• Italian: libero — without obligations
• Japanese: 自由な (jiyū na) — without obligations
• Korean: 자의 (jaui) — without obligations
• Korean: 자유롭다 (jayuropda) — without obligations
• Northern Kurdish: azad — without obligations
• Northern Kurdish: serbest — without obligations
• Latvian: brīvs — without obligations
• Limburgish: vrie — without obligations
• Macedonian: слободен (sloboden) — without obligations
• Malayalam: സ്വതന്ത്രം (svatantraṁ) — without obligations
• Māori: māhorahora — without obligations
• Norman: libre — without obligations
• Norwegian: fri — without obligations
• Norwegian: ledig — without obligations
• Old English: frēo — without obligations
• Polish: wolny — without obligations
• Portuguese: livre — without obligations
• Quechua: qasi — without obligations
• Romanian: liber — without obligations
• Russian: свобо́дный (svobódnyj) — without obligations
• Scottish Gaelic: saor — without obligations
• Serbo-Croatian: bezobavezno — without obligations
• Serbo-Croatian: slobodan — without obligations
• Sindhi: فارِغ (fāriġ) — without obligations
• Sindhi: واندو (vā̃do) — without obligations
• Slovene: prost — without obligations
• Lower Sorbian: lichy — without obligations
• Spanish: libre — without obligations
• Spanish: exento — without obligations
• Swedish: fri — without obligations
• Telugu: నిబంధన లేని (nibandhana lēni) — without obligations
• Thai: ว่าง (wâang) — without obligations
• Turkish: serbest — without obligations
• Turkish: zorunsuz — without obligations
• Vietnamese: rỗi — without obligations
• Vietnamese: rảnh — without obligations
• Yiddish: פֿרײַ (fray) — without obligations
• Albanian: lejuar — software: with very few limitations on distribution or improvement
• Arabic: حُرّ (ḥurr) — software: with very few limitations on distribution or improvement
• Azerbaijani: azad — software: with very few limitations on distribution or improvement
• Bambara: hɔrɔn — software: with very few limitations on distribution or improvement
• Bashkir: түләүһеҙ (tüləwheź) — software: with very few limitations on distribution or improvement
• Bulgarian: безплатен (bezplaten) — software: with very few limitations on distribution or improvement
• Catalan: lliure — software: with very few limitations on distribution or improvement
• Chinese Mandarin: 自由的 (zìyóu de) — software: with very few limitations on distribution or improvement
• Czech: svobodný — software: with very few limitations on distribution or improvement
• Danish: fri — software: with very few limitations on distribution or improvement
• Dutch: vrij — software: with very few limitations on distribution or improvement
• Dutch: vrije — software: with very few limitations on distribution or improvement
• Esperanto: libera — software: with very few limitations on distribution or improvement
• Estonian: vaba — software: with very few limitations on distribution or improvement
• Finnish: avoin — software: with very few limitations on distribution or improvement
• Finnish: vapaa — software: with very few limitations on distribution or improvement
• French: libre — software: with very few limitations on distribution or improvement
• Galician: libre — software: with very few limitations on distribution or improvement
• German: frei — software: with very few limitations on distribution or improvement
• Greek: ελεύθερος (eléftheros) — software: with very few limitations on distribution or improvement
• Hebrew: חופשי — software: with very few limitations on distribution or improvement
• Hebrew: חָפְשִׁי (khofshí) — software: with very few limitations on distribution or improvement
• Ido: libera — software: with very few limitations on distribution or improvement
• Interlingua: libere — software: with very few limitations on distribution or improvement
• Irish: saor — software: with very few limitations on distribution or improvement
• Italian: libero — software: with very few limitations on distribution or improvement
• Italian: free — software: with very few limitations on distribution or improvement
• Italian: libre — software: with very few limitations on distribution or improvement
• Japanese: 自由 (jiyuu) — software: with very few limitations on distribution or improvement
• Korean: 자유 (jayu) — software: with very few limitations on distribution or improvement
• Northern Kurdish: azad — software: with very few limitations on distribution or improvement
• Northern Kurdish: vekirî — software: with very few limitations on distribution or improvement
• Northern Kurdish: serbest — software: with very few limitations on distribution or improvement
• Limburgish: vrie — software: with very few limitations on distribution or improvement
• Lithuanian: nemokama — software: with very few limitations on distribution or improvement
• Macedonian: слободен (sloboden) — software: with very few limitations on distribution or improvement
• Norwegian: fri — software: with very few limitations on distribution or improvement
• Polish: wolny — software: with very few limitations on distribution or improvement
• Portuguese: livre — software: with very few limitations on distribution or improvement
• Romanian: gratuit — software: with very few limitations on distribution or improvement
• Romanian: liber — software: with very few limitations on distribution or improvement
• Russian: свободный (svobodnyj) — software: with very few limitations on distribution or improvement
• Serbo-Croatian: slobodan — software: with very few limitations on distribution or improvement
• Sindhi: کليل (khlel) — software: with very few limitations on distribution or improvement
• Spanish: libre — software: with very few limitations on distribution or improvement
• Swedish: fri — software: with very few limitations on distribution or improvement
• Telugu: ఉచిత దిగుమతి (ucita digumati) — software: with very few limitations on distribution or improvement
• Turkish: özgür — software: with very few limitations on distribution or improvement
• Zazaki: xoser — software: with very few limitations on distribution or improvement
• Albanian: pa — without
• Arabic: بِغَيْرِ (biḡayri) — without
• Arabic: بِدُونِ (bidūni) — without
• Armenian: ազատ (azat) — without
• Bashkir: -һыҙ (-hıź) — without
• Bashkir: -һеҙ (-heź) — without
• Bashkir: -һоҙ (-hoź) — without
• Bashkir: -һөҙ (-höź) — without
• Burmese: လွတ်လပ် (lwatlap) — without
• Czech: prostý — without
• Dutch: zonder — without
• Dutch: -vrij — without
• Finnish: -ton — without
• Finnish: ilman (jotakin) — without
• Finnish: -vapaa — without
• French: sans — without
• Galician: sen — without
• German: frei — without
• German: -frei — without
• German: -los — without
• Hebrew: בְּלְי — without
• Hindi: निर्- (nir-) — without
• Hindi: निस्- (nis-) — without
• Hindi: बे (be) — without
• Hindi: बे- (be-) — without
• Indonesian: bebas — without
• Indonesian: tanpa — without
• Irish: gan — without
• Italian: senza — without
• Low German: free — without
• Macedonian: без- (bez-) — without
• Macedonian: бес- (bes-) — without
• Malay: tanpa — without
• Norwegian: fri — without
• Norwegian: uten — without
• Persian: بدون — without
• Polish: bez — without
• Polish: wolny — without
• Portuguese: sem — without
• Romanian: fără — without
• Serbo-Croatian: bez- — without
• Serbo-Croatian: bes- — without
• Lower Sorbian: lichy — without
• Swedish: fri — without
• Swedish: -fri — without
• Telugu: లేకుండా (lēkuṇḍā) — without
• Zazaki: berdos — without
• Czech: volný — programming: not bound
• Finnish: riippumaton — programming: not bound
• Hindi: अपरमित (aparmit) — programming: not bound
• Hindi: असीम (asīm) — programming: not bound
• Portuguese: livre — programming: not bound
• Telugu: పరిమితి లేని (parimiti lēni) — programming: not bound
• Azerbaijani: zəif — mycology: not attached to the stipe
• Finnish: irtonainen — mycology: not attached to the stipe
• Turkish: gevşek — mycology: not attached to the stipe
• Zazaki: sıst (diq) — mycology: not attached to the stipe
• Albanian: falas — without needing to pay
• Arabic: مَجَّانًا (majjānan) — without needing to pay
• Arabic: بِبَلاش (bibalāš) — without needing to pay
• Armenian: անվճար (anvčar) — without needing to pay
• Armenian: ձրի (jri) — without needing to pay
• Bulgarian: безплатно (bezplatno) — without needing to pay
• Catalan: gratis — without needing to pay
• Catalan: gratuïtament — without needing to pay
• Catalan: de franc — without needing to pay
• Chukchi: эркуркэ (ėrkurkė) — without needing to pay
• Czech: zadarmo — without needing to pay
• Danish: gratis — without needing to pay
• Dutch: gratis — without needing to pay
• Esperanto: senpage — without needing to pay
• Estonian: tasuta — without needing to pay
• Finnish: ilmaiseksi — without needing to pay
• French: gratuitement — without needing to pay
• French: gratis — without needing to pay
• French: gratos — without needing to pay
• German: gratis — without needing to pay
• German: umsonst — without needing to pay
• Hindi: मुफ़्त (muft) — without needing to pay
• Hindi: निःशुल्क (niḥśulk) — without needing to pay
• Hindi: फोकट (phokaṭ) — without needing to pay
• Hungarian: ingyen — without needing to pay
• Icelandic: ókeypis — without needing to pay
• Indonesian: gratis — without needing to pay
• Indonesian: cuma-cuma — without needing to pay
• Irish: saor — without needing to pay
• Italian: gratuitamente — without needing to pay
• Kabuverdianu: fabal — without needing to pay
• Latin: grātīs — without needing to pay
• Latvian: bezmaksas — without needing to pay
• Macedonian: бесплатно (besplatno) — without needing to pay
• Malayalam: സൗജന്യം (saujanyaṁ) — without needing to pay
• Malayalam: സൗജന്യമായി (saujanyamāyi) — without needing to pay
• Māori: utukore — without needing to pay
• Navajo: tʼáá jííkʼe — without needing to pay
• Navajo: tʼáadoo bą́ą́h ílíní da — without needing to pay
• Norwegian: gratis — without needing to pay
• Plautdietsch: emsonst — without needing to pay
• Polish: za darmo — without needing to pay
• Polish: bezpłatnie — without needing to pay
• Portuguese: grátis — without needing to pay
• Portuguese: de graça — without needing to pay
• Portuguese: gratuitamente — without needing to pay
• Russian: беспла́тно (besplátno) — without needing to pay
• Russian: да́ром (dárom) — without needing to pay
• Scottish Gaelic: an-asgaidh — without needing to pay
• Spanish: gratis — without needing to pay
• Spanish: gratiñán — without needing to pay
• Spanish: gratarola — without needing to pay
• Spanish: de fai — without needing to pay
• Spanish: de yapa — without needing to pay
• Spanish: de balde — without needing to pay
• Spanish: de gracia — without needing to pay
• Swedish: gratis — without needing to pay
• Tagalog: libre — without needing to pay
• Tagalog: walang bayad — without needing to pay
• Tagalog: gratis — without needing to pay
• Tamil: இலவசம் (ilavacam) — without needing to pay
• Telugu: చెల్లించనవసరం లేని (celliñcanavasaraṁ lēni) — without needing to pay
• Thai: ฟรี (frii) — without needing to pay
• Turkish: bedava — without needing to pay
• Ukrainian: безкоштовно (bezkoštovno) — without needing to pay
• Ukrainian: задарма (zadarma) — without needing to pay
• Welsh: am ddim — without needing to pay
• Yiddish: בחינם (bkhinem) — without needing to pay
• Zazaki: berdos — without needing to pay
• Finnish: vapari — abbreviation of free kick
• German: Freistoss — abbreviation of free kick
• Irish: poc saor — hurling
• Afrikaans: bevry — to make free, set at liberty
• Afrikaans: loslaat — to make free, set at liberty
• Afrikaans: laat gaan — to make free, set at liberty
• Albanian: ç'lir — to make free, set at liberty
• Albanian: liroj — to make free, set at liberty
• Arabic: حَرَّرَ (ḥarrara) — to make free, set at liberty
• Arabic: يحرر (yeḥarrar) — to make free, set at liberty
• Armenian: ազատել (azatel) — to make free, set at liberty
• Belarusian: вызваля́ць (vyzvaljácʹ) — to make free, set at liberty
• Belarusian: вы́зваліць (výzvalicʹ) — to make free, set at liberty
• Bulgarian: освобожда́вам (osvoboždávam) — to make free, set at liberty
• Bulgarian: освободя́ (osvobodjá) — to make free, set at liberty
• Catalan: alliberar — to make free, set at liberty
• Chinese Mandarin: 解放 (jiěfàng) — to make free, set at liberty
• Czech: osvobozovat — to make free, set at liberty
• Czech: osvobodit — to make free, set at liberty
• Danish: befri — to make free, set at liberty
• Danish: fritage — to make free, set at liberty
• Danish: løslade — to make free, set at liberty
• Dutch: bevrijden — to make free, set at liberty
• Dutch: loslaten — to make free, set at liberty
• Dutch: laten gaan — to make free, set at liberty
• Esperanto: liberi — to make free, set at liberty
• Esperanto: liberigi — to make free, set at liberty
• Estonian: vabastama — to make free, set at liberty
• Estonian: vabaks laskma — to make free, set at liberty
• Finnish: vapauttaa — to make free, set at liberty
• Finnish: päästää vapaaksi — to make free, set at liberty
• French: libérer — to make free, set at liberty
• French: dégager — to make free, set at liberty
• French: affranchir — to make free, set at liberty
• Galician: liberar — to make free, set at liberty
• German: befreien — to make free, set at liberty
• German: freisetzen — to make free, set at liberty
• Greek: ελευθερώνω (eleftheróno) — to make free, set at liberty
• Hebrew: שיחרר — to make free, set at liberty
• Hebrew: שִׁחְרֵר (shikhrér) — to make free, set at liberty
• Hindi: मुक्त करना (mukt karnā) — to make free, set at liberty
• Hungarian: kiszabadít — to make free, set at liberty
• Hungarian: felszabadít — to make free, set at liberty
• Hungarian: szabadon enged — to make free, set at liberty
• Ido: libereskar — to make free, set at liberty
• Indonesian: membebaskan — to make free, set at liberty
• Indonesian: memerdekakan — to make free, set at liberty
• Interlingua: liberar — to make free, set at liberty
• Irish: saor — to make free, set at liberty
• Irish: fuascail — to make free, set at liberty
• Italian: liberare — to make free, set at liberty
• Japanese: 解放する (kaihō suru) — to make free, set at liberty
• Korean: 해방(解放)하다 (haebanghada) — to make free, set at liberty
• Central Kurdish: ڕزگار کردن (rizgar kirdin) — to make free, set at liberty
• Latin: līberō — to make free, set at liberty
• Latvian: atbrīvot — to make free, set at liberty
• Latvian: atsvabināt — to make free, set at liberty
• Lithuanian: išlaisvinti — to make free, set at liberty
• Macedonian: ослободува (osloboduva) — to make free, set at liberty
• Macedonian: ослободи (oslobodi) — to make free, set at liberty
• Malayalam: സ്വതന്ത്രമാക്കുക (svatantramākkuka) — to make free, set at liberty
• Māori: whakawātea — to make free, set at liberty
• Māori: wewete — to make free, set at liberty
• Māori: kokiro — to make free, set at liberty
• Norman: libéther — to make free, set at liberty
• Norwegian: frigjøre — to make free, set at liberty
• Norwegian: frigi — to make free, set at liberty
• Norwegian: befri — to make free, set at liberty
• Norwegian: løslate — to make free, set at liberty
• Occitan: desliurar — to make free, set at liberty
• Old English: frēoġan — to make free, set at liberty
• Persian: آزاد ساختن (âzâd sâxtan) — to make free, set at liberty
• Persian: آزاد کردن (âzâd kardan) — to make free, set at liberty
• Polish: uwalniać — to make free, set at liberty
• Polish: uwolnić — to make free, set at liberty
• Polish: wyzwalać — to make free, set at liberty
• Polish: wyzwolić — to make free, set at liberty
• Polish: oswabadzać — to make free, set at liberty
• Polish: oswobodzić — to make free, set at liberty
• Portuguese: libertar — to make free, set at liberty
• Portuguese: livrar — to make free, set at liberty
• Portuguese: soltar — to make free, set at liberty
• Romanian: elibera — to make free, set at liberty
• Romanian: slobozi — to make free, set at liberty
• Russian: освобожда́ть (osvoboždátʹ) — to make free, set at liberty
• Russian: освободи́ть (osvobodítʹ) — to make free, set at liberty
• Russian: вызволя́ть (vyzvoljátʹ) — to make free, set at liberty
• Russian: вы́зволить (výzvolitʹ) — to make free, set at liberty
• Sanskrit: मुञ्चति (muñcati) — to make free, set at liberty
• Serbo-Croatian: ослобађати — to make free, set at liberty
• Serbo-Croatian: ослободити — to make free, set at liberty
• Serbo-Croatian: oslobađati — to make free, set at liberty
• Serbo-Croatian: osloboditi — to make free, set at liberty
• Slovak: oslobodzovať — to make free, set at liberty
• Slovak: oslobodiť — to make free, set at liberty
• Slovene: osvobajati — to make free, set at liberty
• Slovene: osvoboditi — to make free, set at liberty
• Swedish: frigöra — to make free, set at liberty
• Swedish: befria — to make free, set at liberty
• Swedish: frita (ga) — to make free, set at liberty
• Telugu: విడుదల చేయు (viḍudala cēyu) — to make free, set at liberty
• Thai: ปลดปล่อย (bplòt-bplɔ̀i) — to make free, set at liberty
• Turkish: serbest bırakmak — to make free, set at liberty
• Ottoman Turkish: براقمق (bırakmak) — to make free, set at liberty
• Ottoman Turkish: صالمق (salmak) — to make free, set at liberty
• Ukrainian: звільня́ти (zvilʹnjáty) — to make free, set at liberty
• Ukrainian: звільни́ти (zvilʹnýty) — to make free, set at liberty
• Ukrainian: визволя́ти (vyzvoljáty) — to make free, set at liberty
• Ukrainian: ви́зволити (výzvolyty) — to make free, set at liberty
• Urdu: فرار — to make free, set at liberty
• Urdu: پری — to make free, set at liberty
• Urdu: آزاد (āzād) — to make free, set at liberty
• Vietnamese: giải phóng — to make free, set at liberty
• Welsh: rhyddhau — to make free, set at liberty
• Yiddish: באַפֿרײַען (bafrayen) — to make free, set at liberty
• Finnish: vapauttaa — to rid of something that confines or oppresses
• Finnish: päästää — to rid of something that confines or oppresses
• Hungarian: megszabadít — to rid of something that confines or oppresses
• Hungarian: szabaddá tesz — to rid of something that confines or oppresses
• Finnish: vapauttaa — programming: to relinquish (previously allocated memory) to the system
• Hungarian: felszabadít — programming: to relinquish (previously allocated memory) to the system