Fret

//fɹɛt//

Synonyms for "fret" (517 found)

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Verb(3 words)
chafechokecorrade

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Translations

172 translations across 40 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • tast noun (one of the pieces of metal, etc., across the neck of a guitar or other string instrument)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • прагче noun (one of the pieces of metal, etc., across the neck of a guitar or other string instrument)
  • безпокоя verb (to chafe or irritate; to worry)
  • безпокоя се verb (to be anxious, to worry)
  • гриза verb (to gnaw, consume, eat away)

Catalan

2 entries
  • freta noun (ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines)
  • trast noun (one of the pieces of metal, etc., across the neck of a guitar or other string instrument)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 品 noun (one of the pieces of metal, etc., across the neck of a guitar or other string instrument)

Cornish

1 entries
  • neghi verb (to be anxious, to worry)

Czech

1 entries
  • pražec noun (one of the pieces of metal, etc., across the neck of a guitar or other string instrument)

Danish

2 entries
  • bånd noun (one of the pieces of metal, etc., across the neck of a guitar or other string instrument)
  • fletværk noun (ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines)

Dutch

4 entries
  • fret noun (one of the pieces of metal, etc., across the neck of a guitar or other string instrument)
  • bewerken verb (to cut through with a fretsaw)
  • doorzagen met een figuurzaag verb (to cut through with a fretsaw)
  • knagen verb (to gnaw, consume, eat away)

Estonian

1 entries
  • krihv noun (one of the pieces of metal, etc., across the neck of a guitar or other string instrument)

Finnish

4 entries
  • koristekuvio noun (ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines)
  • otenauha noun (one of the pieces of metal, etc., across the neck of a guitar or other string instrument)
  • hermoilla verb (to chafe or irritate; to worry)
  • hermoilla verb (to be anxious, to worry)

French

4 entries
  • frette noun (ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines)
  • frette noun (one of the pieces of metal, etc., across the neck of a guitar or other string instrument)
  • touchette noun (one of the pieces of metal, etc., across the neck of a guitar or other string instrument)
  • ajourer verb (to cut through with a fretsaw)

German

4 entries
  • Bund noun (one of the pieces of metal, etc., across the neck of a guitar or other string instrument)
  • Bundstäbchen noun (one of the pieces of metal, etc., across the neck of a guitar or other string instrument)
  • anfressen verb (to gnaw, consume, eat away)
  • aufessen verb (to gnaw, consume, eat away)

Greek

3 entries
  • τάστο noun (one of the pieces of metal, etc., across the neck of a guitar or other string instrument)
  • αδημονώ verb (to chafe or irritate; to worry)
  • αδημονώ verb (to be anxious, to worry)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • סָרִיג noun (one of the pieces of metal, etc., across the neck of a guitar or other string instrument)

Hindi

1 entries
  • परदा noun (one of the pieces of metal, etc., across the neck of a guitar or other string instrument)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • érintő noun (one of the pieces of metal, etc., across the neck of a guitar or other string instrument)
  • izgat verb (to chafe or irritate; to worry)
  • nyugtalanít verb (to chafe or irritate; to worry)

Ido

2 entries
  • despitar verb (to be anxious, to worry)
  • despitigar verb (to chafe or irritate; to worry)

Italian

4 entries
  • tasto noun (one of the pieces of metal, etc., across the neck of a guitar or other string instrument)
  • consumare verb (to consume, devour)
  • consumare verb (to gnaw, consume, eat away)
  • divorare verb (to consume, devour)

Japanese

1 entries
  • フレット noun (one of the pieces of metal, etc., across the neck of a guitar or other string instrument)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • перне noun (one of the pieces of metal, etc., across the neck of a guitar or other string instrument)

Korean

1 entries
  • 프렛 noun (one of the pieces of metal, etc., across the neck of a guitar or other string instrument)

Latin

1 entries
  • aestuō verb (to be anxious, to worry)

Middle English

4 entries
  • devouren verb (to consume, devour)
  • freten verb (to consume, devour)
  • freten verb (to chafe or irritate; to worry)
  • freten verb (to gnaw, consume, eat away)

Māori

4 entries
  • ripa noun (one of the pieces of metal, etc., across the neck of a guitar or other string instrument)
  • koroingo verb (to chafe or irritate; to worry)
  • kōingoingo verb (to be anxious, to worry)
  • whakakunāwheke verb (to chafe or irritate; to worry)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • fortvile verb (to be anxious, to worry)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • bånd noun (one of the pieces of metal, etc., across the neck of a guitar or other string instrument)
  • tverrbånd noun (one of the pieces of metal, etc., across the neck of a guitar or other string instrument)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • band noun (one of the pieces of metal, etc., across the neck of a guitar or other string instrument)
  • tverrband noun (one of the pieces of metal, etc., across the neck of a guitar or other string instrument)

Occitan

4 entries
  • consumir verb (to gnaw, consume, eat away)
  • devorar verb (to consume, devour)
  • devorir verb (to consume, devour)
  • manjar verb (to consume, devour)

Persian

1 entries
  • دستان noun (one of the pieces of metal, etc., across the neck of a guitar or other string instrument)

Polish

4 entries
  • próg noun (one of the pieces of metal, etc., across the neck of a guitar or other string instrument)
  • martwić się verb (to chafe or irritate; to worry)
  • niepokoić się verb (to chafe or irritate; to worry)
  • pożerać verb (to consume, devour)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • traste noun (one of the pieces of metal, etc., across the neck of a guitar or other string instrument)

Russian

4 entries
  • лад noun (one of the pieces of metal, etc., across the neck of a guitar or other string instrument)
  • поро́жек noun (one of the pieces of metal, etc., across the neck of a guitar or other string instrument)
  • беспоко́ить verb (to chafe or irritate; to worry)
  • беспоко́иться verb (to be anxious, to worry)

Scots

1 entries
  • frait verb (to be anxious, to worry)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • ceap noun (one of the pieces of metal, etc., across the neck of a guitar or other string instrument)

Sicilian

4 entries
  • cafuḍḍari verb (to consume, devour)
  • cunzumari verb (to consume, devour)
  • cunzumari verb (to gnaw, consume, eat away)
  • gnutticari verb (to consume, devour)

Spanish

4 entries
  • entrelazado noun (ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines)
  • traste noun (one of the pieces of metal, etc., across the neck of a guitar or other string instrument)
  • afanarse verb (to be anxious, to worry)
  • ansiarse verb (to be anxious, to worry)

Swedish

3 entries
  • band noun (one of the pieces of metal, etc., across the neck of a guitar or other string instrument)
  • greppband noun (one of the pieces of metal, etc., across the neck of a guitar or other string instrument)
  • tvärband noun (one of the pieces of metal, etc., across the neck of a guitar or other string instrument)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • bidya noun (one of the pieces of metal, etc., across the neck of a guitar or other string instrument)

Turkish

2 entries
  • fret noun (one of the pieces of metal, etc., across the neck of a guitar or other string instrument)
  • perde noun (one of the pieces of metal, etc., across the neck of a guitar or other string instrument)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • phím noun (one of the pieces of metal, etc., across the neck of a guitar or other string instrument)

Sample sentences

65 total sentences available.

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You need not fret over such trifles.

Source: tatoeba (41565)

Jigsaw refers to a fret saw - that's how the name's origin was derived.

Source: tatoeba (328097)

Don't fret.

Source: tatoeba (1520777)

We should not fret for what is past, nor should we be anxious about the future; men of discernment deal only with the present moment.

Source: tatoeba (2655128)

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