friso

See also: frisó

Catalan

Verb

friso

1. first-person singular present indicative of frisar

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfriso]
• Rhymes: -iso
• Hyphenation: fri‧so

Etymology 1

From French frise.

Noun

friso (accusative singular frison, plural frisoj, accusative plural frisojn)

1. (architecture) frieze

Etymology 2

From Dutch Fries, French Frison, German Friese, all from West Frisian Fries.

Noun

friso (accusative singular frison, plural frisoj, accusative plural frisojn)

1. A Frisian person

Related terms

• frisa (“Frisian”)
• Frislando (“Friesland”)

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfri.zo/
• Rhymes: -izo
• Hyphenation: frì‧so

Etymology 1

Deverbal from frisare +‎ -o.

Noun

friso m (plural frisi)

1. graze, grazing (act of rubbing or touching lightly the surface of in passing)

Further reading

• friso¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

friso

1. first-person singular present indicative of frisare

Anagrams

• Sofri, sfori

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾi.zu/

• Hyphenation: fri‧so

Etymology 1

From Middle French and Old French frise.

Noun

friso m (plural frisos)

1. (architecture) frieze

Etymology 2

Verb

friso

1. first-person singular present indicative of frisar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾiso/ [ˈfɾi.so]
• Rhymes: -iso
• Syllabification: fri‧so

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle French and Old French frise, probably related to friser (“to curl”).

Noun

friso m (plural frisos)

1. (architecture) frieze

Etymology 2

Verb

friso

1. first-person singular present indicative of frisar

Further reading

• “friso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN