freight

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: frāt
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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /fɹeɪt/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /fɹæɪt/
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• Scotland: /fɾet/
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• Wales: /fɾeit/ without the pane–pain merger
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• rhymes with -eɪt
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The verb is derived from Late Middle English freighten, freghten, a variant of fraughten, fraghten (“to load (a ship with cargo or passengers); to hire (a ship) for transporting goods; to provide fully (with goods, money, etc.); to stow away”), and then either: * from fraught, fraght (noun) (see etymology 1) + -en (suffix forming the infinitive form of verbs); or * from Middle Dutch vrachten, vrechten (“to load (a ship with cargo or passengers); to hire (a ship) for transporting goods, to fraught”), from vracht, vrecht (noun) (see etymology 1) + -en (suffix forming the infinitive form of verbs). The adjective is: * derived from Middle English freght, freight, freyght, the past participle of fraughten (verb) (see above); and/or * a contraction of freighted, the past participle of the verb.

From Late Middle English freight, freght, freyght [and other forms], a variant of fraught, fraght (“transport of goods or people, usually by water; transportation fee; transportation facilities; cargo or passengers of a ship; (figuratively) burden; ballast of a ship; goods; a charge”), from Middle Dutch vracht, vrecht, and Middle Low German vrecht (“cargo, freight; transportation fee”), from Old Saxon frāht, frēht, from Proto-West Germanic *fra- (from Proto-Germanic *fra- (prefix meaning ‘completely, fully’)) + *aihti (from Proto-Germanic *aihtiz (“possessions, property”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h2eyḱ- (“to come into possession of, obtain; to own, possess”)). The English word can be analysed as for- + aught, and is a doublet of fraught. Cognates * French fret (“cargo, freight; transportation fees; rental of a ship”) * Old English ǣht (“livestock; possession, property; power”) * Old High German frēht (“earnings”) * Portuguese frete (“cargo, freight; transportation fees”) * Spanish flete (“cargo, freight; charter (hire of a vehicle for transporting cargo)”) * Swedish frakt c (“cargo, freight; transportation fees”)

108 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: превоз (prevoz) — transportation of goods
• Chinese Mandarin: 貨運 /货运 (huòyùn) — transportation of goods
• Dutch: vracht — transportation of goods
• Dutch: cargo — transportation of goods
• Finnish: kuljetus — transportation of goods
• Finnish: rahti — transportation of goods
• French: fret — transportation of goods
• Georgian: ფრახტი (praxṭi) — transportation of goods
• Georgian: ფრახტირება (praxṭireba) — transportation of goods
• Georgian: ტვირთის გადაზიდვა (ṭvirtis gadazidva) — transportation of goods
• Greek: μεταφορά (metaforá) — transportation of goods
• Japanese: 貨物輸送 (kamotsu yusō) — transportation of goods
• Macedonian: пре́воз (prévoz) — transportation of goods
• Māori: utanga — transportation of goods
• Polish: fracht — transportation of goods
• Russian: фрахт (fraxt) — transportation of goods
• Russian: перево́зка (perevózka) — transportation of goods
• Russian: транспортиро́вка (transportiróvka) — transportation of goods
• Spanish: transporte de mercancías — transportation of goods
• Swedish: frakt — transportation of goods
• Ukrainian: переве́зення (perevézennja) — transportation of goods
• Ukrainian: транспортува́ння (transportuvánnja) — transportation of goods
• Armenian: բեռ (beṙ) — goods or items in transport — see also cargo
• Bulgarian: товар (tovar) — goods or items in transport — see also cargo
• Chinese Mandarin: 貨物 /货物 (huòwù) — goods or items in transport — see also cargo
• Czech: náklad — goods or items in transport — see also cargo
• Dutch: vracht — goods or items in transport — see also cargo
• Dutch: cargo — goods or items in transport — see also cargo
• Finnish: kuorma — goods or items in transport — see also cargo
• Finnish: lasti — goods or items in transport — see also cargo
• Finnish: rahti — goods or items in transport — see also cargo
• Finnish: rahtitavara — goods or items in transport — see also cargo
• French: fret — goods or items in transport — see also cargo
• French: cargaison — goods or items in transport — see also cargo
• French: chargement — goods or items in transport — see also cargo
• Georgian: ფრახტი (praxṭi) — goods or items in transport — see also cargo
• Georgian: ტვირთი (ṭvirti) — goods or items in transport — see also cargo
• German: Fracht — goods or items in transport — see also cargo
• Greek: φορτίο (fortío) — goods or items in transport — see also cargo
• Ancient Greek: γόμος (gómos) — goods or items in transport — see also cargo
• Ancient Greek: φορτίον (phortíon) — goods or items in transport — see also cargo
• Ingrian: rahti — goods or items in transport — see also cargo
• Japanese: 貨物 (kamotsu) — goods or items in transport — see also cargo
• Khmer: បន្ទុក (bɑɑbɑntuk) — goods or items in transport — see also cargo
• Korean: 화물 (hwamul) — goods or items in transport — see also cargo
• Macedonian: то́вар (tóvar) — goods or items in transport — see also cargo
• Māori: utanga — goods or items in transport — see also cargo
• Māori: uta — goods or items in transport — see also cargo
• Polish: fracht — goods or items in transport — see also cargo
• Portuguese: carga — goods or items in transport — see also cargo
• Russian: фрахт (fraxt) — goods or items in transport — see also cargo
• Russian: груз (gruz) — goods or items in transport — see also cargo
• Samoan: uta — goods or items in transport — see also cargo
• Scottish Gaelic: luchd — goods or items in transport — see also cargo
• Spanish: flete — goods or items in transport — see also cargo
• Spanish: carga — goods or items in transport — see also cargo
• Spanish: cargamento — goods or items in transport — see also cargo
• Swedish: fraktgods — goods or items in transport — see also cargo
• Tongan: uta — goods or items in transport — see also cargo
• Ukrainian: ванта́ж (vantáž) — goods or items in transport — see also cargo
• Bulgarian: фрахт (fraht) — payment for transportation
• Chinese Mandarin: 運費 /运费 (yùnfèi) — payment for transportation
• Coptic: ⲛⲁⲩⲗⲟⲛ (naulon) — payment for transportation
• Dutch: vracht — payment for transportation
• Dutch: vrachtprijs — payment for transportation
• Finnish: kuljetusmaksu — payment for transportation
• Finnish: rahtimaksu — payment for transportation
• French: fret — payment for transportation
• German: Fracht — payment for transportation
• Greek: ναύλος (návlos) — payment for transportation
• Icelandic: farmgjald — payment for transportation
• Japanese: 貨物輸送運賃 (kamotsu yusō unchin) — payment for transportation
• Latin: onus — payment for transportation
• Macedonian: брода́рина (brodárina) — payment for transportation
• Polish: fracht — payment for transportation
• Portuguese: frete — payment for transportation
• Russian: фрахт (fraxt) — payment for transportation
• Russian: пла́та за прово́з (pláta za provóz) — payment for transportation
• Spanish: flete — payment for transportation
• Swedish: frakt — payment for transportation
• Swedish: fraktavgift — payment for transportation
• Tagalog: plete — payment for transportation
• Thai: ค่าระวางสินค้า (kâa-rá-waang-sǐn-káa) — payment for transportation
• Ukrainian: фрахт (fraxt) — payment for transportation
• Bulgarian: товаря (tovarja) — to load (a vehicle or vessel) with freight (cargo)
• Finnish: kuormata — to load (a vehicle or vessel) with freight (cargo)
• Finnish: kuormittaa — to load (a vehicle or vessel) with freight (cargo)
• Finnish: lastata — to load (a vehicle or vessel) with freight (cargo)
• German: befrachten — to load (a vehicle or vessel) with freight (cargo)
• Greek: φορτώνω (fortóno) — to load (a vehicle or vessel) with freight (cargo)
• Japanese: 積む (tsumu) — to load (a vehicle or vessel) with freight (cargo)
• Spanish: cargar — to load (a vehicle or vessel) with freight (cargo)
• Swedish: lasta — to load (a vehicle or vessel) with freight (cargo)
• Ukrainian: заванта́жувати (zavantážuvaty) — to load (a vehicle or vessel) with freight (cargo)
• Ukrainian: заванта́жити (zavantážyty) — to load (a vehicle or vessel) with freight (cargo)
• Vietnamese: mướn tàu — to hire or rent out (a vehicle or vessel) to carry cargo or passengers
• Bulgarian: превозвам (prevozvam) — to transport (goods)
• Finnish: kuljettaa — to transport (goods)
• Finnish: rahdata — to transport (goods)
• Greek: μεταφέρω (metaféro) — to transport (goods)
• Japanese: 貨物輸送 (kamotsu yusō) — to transport (goods)
• Māori: taritari — to transport (goods)
• Norwegian: frakte — to transport (goods)
• Swedish: frakta — to transport (goods)
• Ukrainian: перево́зити (perevózyty) — to transport (goods)
• Ukrainian: перевезти́ (pereveztý) — to transport (goods)
• Ukrainian: транспортува́ти (transportuváty) — to transport (goods)
• Vietnamese: vận chuyển — to transport (goods)