frit C2+ Topic:General Vocabulary US /frɪt/ UK /frɪt/ See IPA manual Minimal pairs Sounds like flit /l/ vs /r/ Meanings 1 noun calcined materials fused to make glass or glaze The potter ground the frit to a fine powder before glazing. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · calcined materials fused to... calcinefuse Word family Derived forms frittedfritting Related forms fritter Etymology AI details From Italian fritta ('fried'), feminine past participle of friggere ('to fry'), from Latin frigere ('to roast, fry'). fritta Italian frÄ«gere Latin View etymology graph -> Topics General Vocabulary External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # frit **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /frɪt/ **IPA (UK):** /frɪt/ ## Meanings 1. calcined materials fused to make glass or glaze ## Examples - The potter ground the frit to a fine powder before glazing. ## Synonyms - calcine - fuse ## Derived Forms - fritted - fritting ## Related Forms - fritter ## Roots and Affixes - Root: fritta - Root: frÄ«gere ## Etymology From Italian fritta ('fried'), feminine past participle of friggere ('to fry'), from Latin frigere ('to roast, fry'). ## AI Etymology Frit comes from Italian fritta ('fried'), feminine past participle of friggere ('to fry'), from Latin frigere ('to roast, fry'). The participial history matters: an older verbal form is preserved as an English adjective or derivative, so the modern word keeps the result of an action as its lexical shape. In present use, it is used as a noun and verb meaning "calcined materials fused to make glass or glaze", so the historical material remains connected with the current sense rather than standing as bare ancestry. The wider English family includes derivatives such as fritted and fritting and related forms such as fritter, showing how the same historical material continues to organize neighboring vocabulary. The named historical forms include Italian fritta and Latin frÄ«gere, keeping the history tied to concrete forms rather than a loose resemblance. Its semantic neighborhood includes calcine and fuse, locating the modern specialization without adding a new origin story. ## Topics - General Vocabulary markdown