Meanings
- not comparableFree from; devoid of; without.
Sweetgreen told CNN the company was “proud to share that we are currently in the process of rolling out new PFAS-free focaccia bags that will be available in all Sweetgreen locations by the end of Q2.”
2022 March 25, Sandee LaMotte, “Dangerous chemicals found in food wrappers at major fast-food restaurants and grocery chains, report says”, in CNN, archived from the original on 11 Jul 2024
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*preyH-
- Proto-Indo-European*priHós
- Proto-Germanic*frijwaz
- Proto-West Germanic*friu
- Old Englishfrēo
- English-free
From Middle English -fre, -freo (as in scotfre, gauelfre, gafolfreo, etc.), from Old English -frēo ("free; free from"; as in scotfrēo, gafolfrēo), from Proto-West Germanic *-frī (“-free”). Compare Dutch -vrij (“-free”), German -frei (“-free”), Danish -fri (“-free”), Swedish -fri (“-free”), Norwegian -fri (“-free”). More at free.
More words from Middle English, Old English, Proto-West Germanic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Czech bez-
- bez-free from; without
Dutch -vrij
- -vrijfree from; without
Esperanto sen-
- sen-free from; without
Finnish -ton
- -tonfree from; without
French sans
- sansfree from; without
German -frei
- -freifree from; without
Hungarian -mentes, nélküli
- -mentesfree from; without
- nélkülifree from; without
Italian senza
- senzafree from; without
Norwegian -fri
- -frifree from; without
Polish bez, bez-
- bezfree from; without
- bez-free from; without
Portuguese sem, livre de
- semfree from; without
- livre defree from; without
Russian без-, бес-
- без- (bez-)free from; without
- бес- (bes-)free from; without
Spanish sin, libre de
- sinfree from; without
- libre defree from; without
Swedish -fri
- -frifree from; without
Turkish -sız, -siz
- -sızfree from; without
- -sizfree from; without
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with -free
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Cite this entry
-free. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-free
“-free.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-free. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “-free,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-free.
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