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free English Etymology en :inh enm:-fre<ety:inh<ang:frēo<ety:inh<gmw-pro:*-frī>>>> 1 From en enm -fre, enm -freo (as in enm scotfre, enm gauelfre, enm gafolfreo, etc.), from en ang frēo -frēo "free; free from"; as in ang scotfrēo, ang gafolfrēo, from en gmw-pro *-frī -free. Compare nl -vrij -free, de -frei -free, da -fri -free, sv -fri -free, no -fri -free. More at en free. Pronunciation en /fɹiː/ en en-us--free.ogg US en iː en free Suffix - free from; devoid of; without. en Sandee LaMotte Dangerous chemicals found in food wrappers at major fast-food restaurants and grocery chains, report says w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/25/health/pfas-chemicals-fast-food-groceries-wellness 2022-03-25 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.” https://web.archive.org/web/20240711204133/https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/25/health/pfas-chemicals-fast-food-groceries-wellness/ Usage notes In words where the suffix -less implies a lack of something that should be there, -free is sometimes used to reframe that absence as an intentional or beneficial state. For example, childless and childfree, saltless and saltfree, or carless and carfree. Synonyms without en an-, en ex-, en -less Derived terms en Translations See also translations of individual words formed from this combining form free from; without Czech: cs bez- Dutch: nl -vrij Esperanto: eo sen- Finnish: fi -ton French: before the word combined with fr sans German: de -frei Hungarian: hu mentes -mentes, hu nélküli Italian: before the word combined with it senza Marathi: mr बिना-, mr विना- Norwegian: no -fri Polish: pl bez, pl bez- Portuguese: pt sem before the word combined with, pt livre de before the word combined with Russian: ru без-, ru бес- before voiceless consonants Spanish: es sin before the word combined with, es libre de before the word combined with Swedish: sv -fri Turkish: tr -sız, tr -siz Anagrams en eefr feer fere reef