Fretter

/ˈfrɛtər/ noun

Definition

A person who frets; someone who worries frequently or excessively about things.

Etymology

From 'fret' + the agent suffix '-er', creating a noun for one who performs the action of fretting, following standard English word-formation rules.

Kelly Says

Every language needs a word for 'someone who does X too much'—English's '-er' suffix is incredibly productive, which is why we can coin 'fretter' even if it's not in every dictionary.

Translations

AMአማርኛ
ፍሬት
f-ret
ARالعربية
نقطة
noq-tah
BNবাংলা
ফ্রেট
frat
CACatalà
fret
fret
CSČeština
fret
fret
DADansk
fret
fret
DEDeutsch
Fret
fret
ELΕλληνικά
fret
fret
ESEspañol
limar
lee-mar
FAفارسی
فِرِت
f-rit
FISuomi
fret
fret
FRFrançais
frette
fret
GUGU
fret
fret
HAHA
fret
fret
HEעברית
fret
fret
HIहिन्दी
फ्रेट
frat
HUMagyar
fret
fret
IDBahasa Indonesia
fret
fret
IGIG
fret
fret
ITItaliano
fret
fret
JA日本語
フレット
fure-tto
KKKK
fret
fret
KMKM
fret
fret
KO한국어
프렛
p-re-tte
MRMR
fret
fret
MSBahasa Melayu
fret
fret
MYမြန်မာ
fret
fret
NLNederlands
fret
fret
NONorsk
fret
fret
PAPA
fret
fret
PLPolski
fret
fret
PTPortuguês
fretta
fret-tah
RORomână
fret
fret
RUРусский
прорезь
pro-rez
SVSvenska
fret
fret
SWKiswahili
fret
fret
TAதமிழ்
ஃப்ரெட்
f-ret
TEతెలుగు
ఫ్రెట్
frat
THไทย
เฟรต
fret
TLTL
fret
fret
TRTürkçe
fret
fret
UKУкраїнська
фрет
f-ret
URاردو
فِرِٹ
f-rit
VITiếng Việt
fret
fret
YOYO
fret
fret
ZH中文
琴弦
qín xián
ZUZU
fret
fret

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