freno

See also: frenó, frenò, and freno-

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈfɾɛ.nu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈfɾə.no]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈfɾe.no]

Verb

freno

1. first-person singular present indicative of frenar

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from French frein, Italian freno, Spanish freno, Portuguese freio, from Latin frēnum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfreno/
• Rhymes: -eno

Noun

freno (plural freni)

1. brake (mechanism used to stop a car in motion)

Derived terms

• frenagar (“to brake”)

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfre.no/, /ˈfrɛ.no/
• Rhymes: -eno, -ɛno
• Hyphenation: fré‧no, frè‧no

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin frēnum.

Noun

freno m (plural freni)

1. brake
2. (figurative) check, curb, control, restraint

   Synonyms: controllo, limite, restrizione

3. bit (of a horse)

Related terms

• frenare
• frenaggio
• frenata
• frenatura
• frenulo

Descendants

• → Greek: φρένο (fréno)

See also

• briglia

Further reading

• freno in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• freno in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

freno

1. first-person singular present indicative of frenare

Anagrams

• nefro-

Latin

Etymology

From frenum (“bridle”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfreː.noː/, [ˈfreːnoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfre.no/, [ˈfrɛːno]

Verb

frēnō (present infinitive frēnāre, perfect active frēnāvī, supine frēnātum); first conjugation

1. to fit a bridle
2. to curb, restrain, check or brake
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.522–523:

     “Ō Rēgīna, novam cui condere Iuppiter urbem
     iūstitiāque dedit gentīs frēnāre superbās, [...].”

     “O Queen, to whom Jupiter granted [dominion] to found a new city and to restrain proud peoples with justice, [...].”

Conjugation

Conjugation of frēnō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	frēnō	frēnās	frēnat	frēnāmus	frēnātis	frēnant
	imperfect	frēnābam	frēnābās	frēnābat	frēnābāmus	frēnābātis	frēnābant
	future	frēnābō	frēnābis	frēnābit	frēnābimus	frēnābitis	frēnābunt
	perfect	frēnāvī	frēnāvistī	frēnāvit	frēnāvimus	frēnāvistis	frēnāvērunt, frēnāvēre
	pluperfect	frēnāveram	frēnāverās	frēnāverat	frēnāverāmus	frēnāverātis	frēnāverant
	future perfect	frēnāverō	frēnāveris	frēnāverit	frēnāverimus	frēnāveritis	frēnāverint
passive	present	frēnor	frēnāris, frēnāre	frēnātur	frēnāmur	frēnāminī	frēnantur
	imperfect	frēnābar	frēnābāris, frēnābāre	frēnābātur	frēnābāmur	frēnābāminī	frēnābantur
	future	frēnābor	frēnāberis, frēnābere	frēnābitur	frēnābimur	frēnābiminī	frēnābuntur
	perfect	frēnātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	frēnātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	frēnātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	frēnem	frēnēs	frēnet	frēnēmus	frēnētis	frēnent
	imperfect	frēnārem	frēnārēs	frēnāret	frēnārēmus	frēnārētis	frēnārent
	perfect	frēnāverim	frēnāverīs	frēnāverit	frēnāverīmus	frēnāverītis	frēnāverint
	pluperfect	frēnāvissem	frēnāvissēs	frēnāvisset	frēnāvissēmus	frēnāvissētis	frēnāvissent
passive	present	frēner	frēnēris, frēnēre	frēnētur	frēnēmur	frēnēminī	frēnentur
	imperfect	frēnārer	frēnārēris, frēnārēre	frēnārētur	frēnārēmur	frēnārēminī	frēnārentur
	perfect	frēnātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	frēnātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	frēnā	—	—	frēnāte	—
	future	—	frēnātō	frēnātō	—	frēnātōte	frēnantō
passive	present	—	frēnāre	—	—	frēnāminī	—
	future	—	frēnātor	frēnātor	—	—	frēnantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		frēnāre	frēnāvisse	frēnātūrum esse	frēnārī, frēnārier1	frēnātum esse	frēnātum īrī
participles		frēnāns	—	frēnātūrus	—	frēnātus	frēnandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		frēnandī	frēnandō	frēnandum	frēnandō	frēnātum	frēnātū

¹The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.

Derived terms

• dēfrēnātus
• effrēnō
• infrēnō
• refrēnō

Descendants

• Asturian: sofronar, esfronar
• Italian: frenare (possibly)
• Old French: frener
• Portuguese: frear; → frenar
• Sicilian: frinari
• Spanish: frenar (possibly)
• → French: freiner

Noun

frēnō

1. dative/ablative singular of frēnum

References

• “freno”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “freno”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• freno in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) with loose reins: freno remisso; effusis habenis
    

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾeno/ [ˈfɾe.no]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -eno
• Syllabification: fre‧no

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin frēnum. Cognate with Portuguese freio and French frein.

Noun

freno m (plural frenos)

1. (automotive) brake (device used to slow or stop the motion of a wheel or vehicle)
2. bit (piece of metal placed in a horse's mouth and connected to the reins to direct the animal)
3. check, restraint (control, limit, or stop)
4. (in the plural, Mexico) braces (device for straightening teeth)

Derived terms

• cinta de frenos
• disco de freno
• freno de disco
• freno de mano
• freno de tambor
• líquido de frenos
• luz de freno
• pastilla de freno
• pastilla de frenos
• tascar el freno

 

Related terms

• desenfrenado
• enfrenar
• frenar

 

Descendants

• → Bikol Central: preno
• → Cebuano: preno
• → Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: frenu
• → Southeastern Tepehuan: piriiñ
• → Tagalog: preno

Etymology 2

Verb

freno

1. first-person singular present indicative of frenar

Further reading

• “freno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Anagrams

• freón