frajer

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech frejieř. Borrowed from German Freier. Doublet of frejíř.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfrajɛr]

Noun

frajer m anim (feminine frajerka)

  1. (colloquial) cool guy
    Je to vážně frajer!He's a really cool guy
  2. (dialectal, rare, old) boyfriend

Declension

Derived terms

  • frajerka
  • frajeřina
  • frajeřit
  • frajírek
  • frája

See also

Further reading

  • frajer in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • frajer in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish פֿרײַער (frayer).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfra.jɛr/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ajɛr
  • Syllabification: fra‧jer

Noun

frajer m pers (female equivalent frajerka)

  1. (colloquial, derogatory) sucker, mug, chump
    Synonyms: naiwniak, jeleń, łoś, lolek, durniacha
  2. (colloquial) newbie, novice, greenhorn
    Synonyms: nowicjusz, żółtodziób
  3. (colloquial) trifle, bagatelle, or piece of cake
    Synonyms: bagatela, bagatelka, betka, błahostka, bzdet, drobiazg, drobnostka, fraszka, pryszczyk

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
  • frajerski
noun
  • frajerstwo

Further reading

  • frajer in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • frajer in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Freier.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /frâjer/

Noun

frȁjer m (Cyrillic spelling фра̏јер)

  1. guy
  2. an attractive man, hunk
  3. dandy, fop
  4. an arrogant man
  5. a naive man
  6. loafer

Usage notes

In contemporary colloquial usage, this word generally means guy or hunk.

Declension

Declension

References

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