fris

See also: Fris and fris-

Catalan

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈfɾis]
  • Audio (Catalonia)(file)

Noun

fris m (plural frisos)

  1. (architecture) frieze

Further reading

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /frɪs/
  • Audio(file)
  • 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
Inflection
Inflection of fris
uninflected fris
inflected frisse
comparative frisser
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial frisfrisserhet frist
het friste
indefinite m./f. sing. frissefrisserefriste
n. sing. frisfrisserfriste
plural frissefrisserefriste
definite frissefrisserefriste
partitive frisfrissers—
Alternative forms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Apocopic form of frisdrank.

Noun

fris m (uncountable, diminutive frisje n)

  1. soft drink
    Synonym: frisdrank

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [fʲrʲisʲ]

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 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative fris frisen friser friserna
Genitive fris frisens frisers frisernas
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