Frederick
pronunciation
How to pronounce Frederick in British English:
UK ['fredrɪk]
How to pronounce Frederick in American English:
US [ 'frɛdrɪk]
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- Noun:
- a town in northern Maryland west of Baltimore
Word Origin
- Frederick
- masc. proper name, from French Frédéric, from German Friedrich, from Old High German Fridurih, from Proto-Germanic *frithu-rik, literally "peace-rule," from *rik- "rule" (see Reich) + *frithu- "peace" (cognates: Old English friðu "peace, truce"), from suffixed form of PIE root *pri- "to be friendly, to love" (see free (adj.)); related to the first half of Friday and the second half of afraid, also the second element in Siegfried, Godfrey, Geoffrey. Not a common name in medieval England, found mostly in the eastern counties.
Example
- 1. Frederick douglass has papers borrowed from a friend .
- 2. Frederick douglass and harriet tubman threaten everything the south stands for .
- 3. Frederick had also heard of the shield , and he rode out on the same path .
- 4. University of chicago professor niyogi took a different tack from another dot obits subject , frederick jelinek .
- 5. Confirmed the deposition of the holy roman emperor frederick ii .