About "freight"
How to Split "freight" into Syllables
The word freight is divided into 1 syllables: freight. Understanding this syllable division is essential for correct pronunciation and spelling.
📝 Syllable Breakdown
- freight — 1st syllable
🔊 Pronunciation Guide
The phonetic transcription of freight:
- IPA: /fɹeɪt/
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📖 Definitions
- freight (usually uncountable, plural freights)
- freight (third-person singular simple present freights, present participle freighting, simple past and past participle freighted)
📚 Word Origin & History
From Late Middle English freight, freght, freyght [and other forms], a variant of fraught, fraght (“transport of goods or people, usually by water; transportation fee; transportation facilities; cargo or passengers of a ship; (figuratively) burden; ballast of a ship; goods; a charge”), from Middle Dutch vracht, vrecht, and Middle Low German vrecht (“cargo, freight; transportation fee”), from Old Saxon frāht, frēht, from Proto-West Germanic *fra- (from Proto-Germanic *fra- (prefix meani...
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📊 Similar Words Comparison
Compare freight with related words to understand syllable patterns:
| Word | Syllables | Division |
|---|---|---|
| freight | 1 | freight |
| first | 1 | first |
| foresight | 3 | fo-re-sight |
| forgot | 2 | for-got |
| fireside | 4 | fi-re-si-de |
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