fru

A short form of frue (“mistress, lady, wife”). Titles tend to be shortened in a pretonic position in Danish, compare herre > hr. (“Mr.”), konge > kong (“King ...”), greve > grev (“Count ...”).

• IPA^(key): /fru/, [ˈfʁ̥u], [ˈfʁ̥o]

fru (abbreviated fr., uninflected)

1. (title) Mrs

• Used prefixed with a personal name, e.g. Kender De fru Pedersen? (Do you know Mrs Pedersen?").
• It is now used regardless of the marital status of the person, though frøken (“Ms.”) was earlier used when referring to an unmarried woman. In the present Danish language, it is unusual to refer to another person with a title and the last name, even in formal contexts.

fru (emphatic frusan)

1. Alternative form of faru

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fru”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

From Old Norse frú, from Proto-Germanic *frawjǭ.

fru f

1. woman
2. wife

fru (abbreviated fr.)

1. Mrs (Used when addressing a married woman followed by her last name - or (usually on letters, etc.) even with her full name)

   God morgen, fru Hansen.

   Good morning, Mrs Hansen.

• frue

• “fru” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /frʉː/

fru f (abbreviated fr.)

1. (indeclinable) Mrs (Used when addressing a married woman followed by her last name - or (usually on letters, etc.) even with her full name)

   God morgon, fru Hansen.

   Good morning, Mrs Hansen.

2. (rare) alternative form of frue

• “fru” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• fur

• friu, fryu
• fros
• *freux (presumably)

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *frocum.

fru oblique singular, m (oblique plural frus, nominative singular frus, nominative plural fru)

1. rook (bird)

• frias
• frion
• fruain

• Middle French: freux, freu
  • French: freux
• → Occitan: friè

• “fru”, in DEAF: Dictionnaire Étymologique de l'Ancien Français, Heidelberg: Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1968-.
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*hrôk”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 16: Germanismes: G–R, page 247

From Dutch voor.

fru

1. Only used in the adverbial phrase wan fru wan (one by one).

From Old Swedish frugha from Old Saxon frūa.

• IPA^(key): /frʉː/

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• Rhymes: -ʉː

fru c

1. wife; married woman

   Synonyms: hustru, maka

2. (dated) Mrs; title used before a married woman's surname

   Note: After the you-reform of the 1960's and 70's usage of the first name is seen as more proper, except under the most formal circumstances.

• man
• make
• herr
• herre

• fruga

• -ska
• fröken

• fru in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• fru in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• fru in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• fur