Faroese

See also: faroese

English

Alternative forms

• Faeroese
• Færoese

Etymology

From Faroe +‎ -ese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌfɛəɹəuˈiːz/
• IPA^(key): /ˌfɛɹouˈiz/
• Rhymes: -iːz

Adjective

Faroese (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the Faroe Islands, Faroese people or the Faroese language.

Synonyms

• Faroish

Translations

pertaining to the Faroese language, people or Faroe Islands

• Armenian: ֆարերյան (fareryan)
• Asturian: feroés (ast)
• Belarusian: фарэ́рскі m (farérski)
• Catalan: feroès (ca)

  Valencian: feroés (ca)

• Czech: faerský
• Danish: færøsk (da)
• Dutch: Faeröers (nl)
• Faroese: føroyskur
• Finnish: fäärinkielinen; färsaarelainen (fi)
• French: féroïen (fr), féringien (fr)
• Galician: feroés (gl)
• German: färöisch (de), färingisch (de)
• Icelandic: færeyskur (is)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: Faróch
• Latin: Faroensis, Færoensis
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: færøysk (no)

  Nynorsk: færøysk (nn)

• Old Norse: færeyskr
• Portuguese: feroês (pt) m
• Romanian: feroez, faroez
• Russian: фаре́рский (ru) (farérskij)
• Scottish Gaelic: Fàrothach
• Slovak: faerský
• Slovene: ferski (sl)
• Spanish: faroés
• Swedish: färöisk (sv)
• Uzbek: farencha, faren (uz)

Noun

Faroese (countable and uncountable, plural Faroese)

1. (countable) A person from the Faroe Islands, Faroe Islander or Faeroe Islander
2. (uncountable) The language of the Faroe Islands, closely related to Icelandic, and more distantly to Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish

Usage notes

As with other terms for people formed with -ese, the countable singular noun in reference to a person (as in "I am a Faroese", "writing about Faroese cuisine as a Faroese") is uncommon and often taken as incorrect. In its place, the adjective is used, by itself (as in "I am Faroese") or before a noun like person, man, or woman ("writing about Faroese cuisine as a Faroese person"). See also -ish, which is similarly only used primarily as an adjective or as a plural noun.

Synonyms

• Faroish
• (person): Faroe Islander

Translations

person from the Faroe Islands

• Armenian: ֆարերցի (farercʻi)
• Asturian: feroés (ast) m
• Catalan: feroès (ca) m, feroesa (ca) f

  Valencian: feroés (ca) m, feroesa (ca) f

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 法罗人 (zh) (Fǎluó rén)

• Czech: Faeřan m
• Danish: færing (da) c
• Faroese: føroyingur m
• Finnish: färsaarelainen (fi)
• French: Féroïen (fr) m, Féringien (fr) m, Féroïenne (fr) f, Féringienne (fr) f
• Galician: feroés (gl) m, feroesa f
• German: Färinger (de) m, Färingerin f
• Greenlandic: savalimmiormioq
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Icelandic: færeyingur m
• Irish: Faróch m, Faróigh m pl
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: færøying m

  Nynorsk: færøying (nn) m

• Old Norse: færeyingr m
• Portuguese: feroês (pt) m
• Romanian: feroez m, feroeză f, faroez m, faroeză f
• Russian: фаре́рец (ru) m (farérec), фаре́рка f (farérka)
• Scottish Gaelic: Fàrothach m
• Slovak: Faerčan m
• Spanish: faroés m
• Swedish: (male) färing (sv) c, (female) färöiska (sv)

language

• Amharic: ፋሮኛ (faaronyaa)
• Aragonese: feroés m
• Armenian: ֆարերեն (hy) (fareren), ֆերոյերեն (hy) (feroyeren), ֆարյորերեն (hy) (faryoreren)
• Asturian: feroés (ast) m
• Basque: faroera (eu)
• Belarusian: фарэ́рская мо́ва (farérskaja móva), фарэ́рская (farérskaja)
• Breton: Faeroeg
• Catalan: feroès (ca) m

  Valencian: feroés (ca) m

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 法罗语 (zh) (Fǎluó yǔ)

• Czech: faerština (cs)
• Danish: færøsk (da)
• Dutch: Faeröers (nl) n
• Estonian: fääri keel
• Faroese: føroyskt (fo)
• Finnish: fääri (fi)
• French: féroïen (fr)
• Galician: feroés (gl)
• German: Färöisch (de) n
• Greenlandic: savalimmiormiutut
• Hungarian: feröeri (hu)
• Icelandic: færeyska (is) f
• Indonesian: Faro
• Irish: Faróis f
• Italian: faroese (it) m, faroico m, faroense m, faringio m, feringio m
• Japanese: フェロー語 (ja) (ferō-go)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Korean: 파로스어 (paroseu-eo)
• Latvian: farēru
• Limburgish: Faeruuer (li) n
• Lithuanian: farerų (lt)
• Maltese: Fawriż
• Manx: Faaroish
• Marathi: फारोईझ (phāroījh)
• Moksha: фарерань (faŕerań)
• Nepali: फारोइज (phāroij)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: færøysk (no) m

  Nynorsk: færøysk (nn) m

• Polish: farerski (pl)
• Portuguese: faroês, feroês (pt)
• Romanian: feroeză, faroeză
• Russian: фаре́рский (ru) (farérskij)
• Scottish Gaelic: Fàrothais f
• Slovak: faerčina
• Sorbian: Ferejšćina
• Spanish: faroés m
• Swedish: färöiska (sv) c
• Thai: ภาษาแฟโร (paasăa fâeroh)
• Ukrainian: фарерський (farersʹkyj)
• Urdu: فیروئیز (feroīz)
• Uzbek: farencha
• Walloon: Faerowès
• Welsh: Ffaroes

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Faroese terms

Further reading

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Anagrams

• Faeroes