fris

See also: Fris and fris-

Catalan

Alternative forms

• fres (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin frisum, frisium, of unknown origin. See English frieze for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈfɾis]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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Noun

fris m (plural frisos)

1. (architecture) frieze

Further reading

• “fris”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /frɪs/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: fris
• Rhymes: -ɪs

Etymology 1

From late Middle Dutch frisch, vrisch, borrowed from Middle High German vrisch, from Old High German frisc, from Proto-West Germanic *frisk, from Proto-Germanic *friskaz. Doublet of vers.

Adjective

fris (comparative frisser, superlative meest fris or frist)

1. fresh, refreshing
2. cool, chilly

   Synonym: koel

3. clean, pure, hygienic

Declension

Declension of fris
uninflected	fris
inflected	frisse
comparative	frisser
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		fris	frisser	het frist het friste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	frisse	frissere	friste
	n. sing.	fris	frisser	friste
	plural	frisse	frissere	friste
definite		frisse	frissere	friste
partitive		fris	frissers	—

Alternative forms

• frisch (obsolete), frips (humorous)

Derived terms

• fris als een hoentje
• fris en fruitig
• frisdrank
• frisheid
• frisjes
• onfris
• verfrissen

Etymology 2

Apocopic form of frisdrank.

Noun

fris m (uncountable, diminutive frisje n)

1. soft drink

   Synonym: frisdrank

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• friss

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸʲɾʲisʲ/

Pronoun

fris

1. third-person singular masculine/neuter of fri

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Dutch vriezen.

Verb

fris

1. to freeze

Swedish

Etymology

From French frise; related to English frieze.

Noun

fris c

1. (architecture) a frieze

Declension

Declension of fris

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	fris	fris
	definite	frisen	frisens
plural	indefinite	friser	frisers
	definite	friserna	frisernas

Further reading

• fris in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• fris in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)