Definition
A variant spelling of clanjamfray; a Scottish term for a rowdy gathering or disorderly crowd.
Etymology
A dialectal Scottish variant of 'clanjamfray,' with the spelling shifted to '-frey.' These spelling variations are typical of older Scottish texts where standardization was inconsistent.
Kelly Says
The multiple spellings of this word ('fray,' 'frey,' 'frie,' 'phrey') show how Scottish scribes spelled phonetically before dictionaries standardized English! It's like watching language in real-time evolution through different handwritten manuscripts.
Translations
CSČeština
pohořel
po-ho-re-l
DEDeutsch
Tumult
tü-mülkt
ELΕλληνικά
σαραβαί
sa-ra-vai
ESEspañol
alboroto
al-bor-o-to
FAفارسی
گُل و غوغا
goo-l va gow-gha
FISuomi
sekaisin
se-kai-sin
FRFrançais
bousculade
boo-skoo-laad
HIहिन्दी
शोरगुल
shoor-goo-l
IDBahasa Indonesia
keributan
ke-ri-bu-tan
ITItaliano
frastuono
fra-stoo-no
MSBahasa Melayu
kegaduhan
ke-ga-du-han
NLNederlands
gebul
ge-bul
PLPolski
zamieszanie
za-mie-zha-nie
PTPortuguês
agitação
ah-jee-ta-sow
RORomână
gălăgie
ga-la-gie
SWKiswahili
mchanga
m-chan-ga
TEతెలుగు
గందరగోళం
gan-da-ra-go-la-m
THไทย
เสียงดัง
syang-dang
TRTürkçe
karmaşa
karma-sha
ZUZU
ukuthula
oo-koo-thoo-la