frise

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See also: Frise and frisé

Danish

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Etymology

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From French frise.

Noun

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frise c (singular definite frisen, plural indefinite friser)

  1. (architecture) frieze

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French

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Etymology

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Via Middle French frise, derived in a textile sense from friser (to curl) or related to the demonym Frisian due to import via Northern ships, and in an architecture sense from an Upper Italian fris f, Medieval Latin frisum, frisium, frigium, frixum, of controversial origin, possibly from multiple sources, Arabic إِفْرِيز (ʔifrīz, king beam, cornice) and Latin opus phrygium (a kind of embroidery, literally Phrygian work), the demonym Frisian and terms related to the textile term in a transferred sense.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /fʁiz/
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Noun

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frise f (plural frises)

  1. frieze
  2. border
    Synonyms: bord, bordure

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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frise m (definite singular frisen, indefinite plural friser, definite plural frisene)

  1. (architecture) a frieze

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Portuguese

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Verb

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frise

  1. inflection of frisar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

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Verb

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frise

  1. inflection of frisar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative