English Explanatory Dictionary

Frisian

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A Germanic language group or language (see Usage notes), or a lect thereof, which descended from Old Frisian, with speakers in the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark.
  2. The West Frisian (or Western Frisian) lect, spoken in the northern Netherlands.
  3. Saterland Frisian, the last surviving dialect of the East Frisian lect, spoken in Northern Germany close to the Dutch border.
  4. The North Frisian lect, spoken in northwestern Schleswig-Holstein in Germany.
noun
  1. A member of the Germanic ethnic group which is native to the region of Frisia (which is in the Netherlands, northern Germany, and southern Denmark).
  2. A native or inhabitant of the Dutch province of Friesland.
adj
  1. Of, in or relating to the Frisian language or a Frisian language.
  2. Of, from or relating to the region of Frisia: Either West Frisia (the Dutch province of Friesland); North Frisia (in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein, near the Danish border); or East Frisia (in the German state of Lower Saxony, near the Dutch border).
  3. Of or relating to people of Frisian descent.
  4. Of, from or relating to West Frisia, i.e. the Dutch province of Friesland

Pronunciation

/ˈfɹɪʒ.ən/ /ˈfɹɪz.i.ən/ /ˈfɹiː.ʒən/ En-us-Frisian.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Frisian.wav

Word forms

Frisian Friesic Frisians more Frisian most Frisian

Etymology

From Middle English Frisoun, taken from Old French frison (“a Frisian”), itself derived from Latin Frīsiī (“Frisians”). Displaced native Old English Frīsa (“a Frisian”) whence modern English Frise; see the plural Frīsan for more.

Related words

Middle Frisian Old Frisian

Derived words

Frisianize Frisian water dog

Translations

Armenian: ֆրիզերեն Asturian: frisón Belarusian: фры́зская мо́ва Belarusian: фры́зская Catalan: frisó Cherokee: ᏈᏥᎵ Chinese Mandarin: 弗里西亞語 /弗里西亚语 Czech: fríské jazyky Danish: frisisk Dutch: Fries Esperanto: frisa lingvaro Estonian: friisi keel Faroese: frísiskt Finnish: friisi Finnish: friisin kieli French: frison North Frisian: frasch North Frisian: fresk North Frisian: freesk North Frisian: friisk Saterland Frisian: Fräisch West-Frisian: Frysk Galician: frisón Georgian: ფრიზიული German: Friesisch Hungarian: fríz Icelandic: frísneska Italian: frisone Japanese: フリジア語 Japanese: フリース語 Manx: Freeshlannish Navajo: Fwíízhin Dineʼé bizaad Old English: Frīsisċ Polish: (język) fryzyjski Portuguese: frísio Portuguese: frisão Russian: фри́зский Spanish: frisón Swedish: frisiska Turkish: Frizce Ukrainian: фризька Vilamovian: fryzyś Armenian: ֆրիզյան Dutch: Fries Dutch: Frieslands Estonian: friisimaalase Faroese: frísiskur Finnish: friisiläinen French: frison French: frisonne Icelandic: frísneskur Polish: fryzyjski Swedish: frisisk Swedish: frisländsk Manx: Freeshlannagh
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