frieze

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːz
• Homophones: frees, freeze

Noun

frieze (plural friezes)

1. That part of the entablature of an order which is between the architrave and cornice. It is a flat member or face, either uniform or broken by triglyphs, and often enriched with figures and other ornaments of sculpture.
2. Any sculptured or richly ornamented band in a building or, by extension, in rich pieces of furniture.
3. A kind of coarse woolen cloth or stuff with a shaggy or tufted (friezed) nap on one side.
4. A banner with a series of pictures.

   The classroom had an alphabet frieze that showed an animal for each letter.

Translations

Any sculptured or richly ornamented band in a building or, by extension, in rich pieces of furniture

Finnish: friisi (fi) French: frise (fr) m. German: Fries (de) m. Italian: fregio (it) m.

Polish: fryz (pl) m. Russian: фриз (ru) (friz) m., бордю́р (ru) (bordjúr) m. Spanish: friso (es) m.

A kind of coarse woolen cloth or stuff with a shaggy or tufted (friezed) nap on one side

French: frise (fr) m. German: Fries (de) m., Friese (de) f. Italian: rascia (it) f.

Portuguese: baeta (pt) f. Russian: бо́брик (ru) (bóbrik) m.

Verb

frieze (third-person singular simple present friezes, present participle friezing, simple past and past participle friezed)

1. (transitive) To make a nap on (cloth); to friz.