frilla

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse friðla (“a mistress, a harlot, a concubine”), usually contracted as frilla. Cognate with Danish frille, compare friðill.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfrɪtla/
  • Rhymes: -ɪtla

Noun

frilla f (genitive singular frillu, nominative plural frillur)

  1. concubine, mistress

Declension
declension of frilla
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative frilla frillan frillur frillurnar
accusative frillu frilluna frillur frillurnar
dative frillu frillunni frillum frillunum
genitive frillu frillunnar frilla frillanna

Synonyms

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • frillubarn
  • frilluborinn
  • frilludóttir
  • frillulíferni
  • frillulífi
  • frillulífisbrot
  • frillulífismaður
  • frillulifnaðarsynd
  • frillulifnaður
  • frillulífsmaður
  • frilluson
  • frillusonur
  • frillutak
  • taka frillutaki

Swedish

Noun

frilla c

  1. (colloquial) Diminutive of frisyr (“haircut”), hairdo
    Synonym: frissa
    Schysst frilla!
    Nice hairdo!
Declension
Declension of frilla 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative frilla frillan frillor frillorna
Genitive frillas frillans frillors frillornas

Etymology 2

From Old Norse friðla.

Noun

frilla c

  1. (archaic) concubine, mistress
    Synonyms: konkubin, bihustru
Declension
Declension of frilla 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative frilla frillan frillor frillorna
Genitive frillas frillans frillors frillornas

References
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