freno

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

freno

1. first-person singular present indicative of frenar

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈfreno/
• Rhymes: -eno

freno (plural freni)

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

• frenagar (“to brake”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈfre.no/, /ˈfrɛ.no/^[1]
• Rhymes: -eno, -ɛno
• Hyphenation: fré‧no, frè‧no

Inherited from Latin frēnum.

freno m (plural freni)

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

   Synonyms: controllo, limite, restrizione

3. bit (of a horse)

• frenare
• frenaggio
• frenata
• frenatura
• frenulo

• → Greek: φρένο (fréno)

• briglia

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

freno

1. first-person singular present indicative of frenare

• nefro-

From frēnum (“bridle”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfreː.noː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfrɛː.no]

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, [...].”

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

• dēfrēnātus
• effrēnō
• infrēnō
• refrēnō

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

frēnō

1. dative/ablative singular of frēnum

• “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
    

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾeno/ [ˈfɾe.no]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -eno
• Syllabification: fre‧no

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

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)

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

freno

1. first-person singular present indicative of frenar

• “freno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

• freón