West Frisian

English

Adjective

West Frisian (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to Friesland.
2. (in the Netherlands) Of or pertaining to West Friesland.

Proper noun

West Frisian

1. A language spoken mostly in the province of Friesland, in the north of the Netherlands; West Lauwers Frisian, one of the three West Frisian languages (or language varieties).
2. (in the Netherlands) A Dutch dialect spoken in West Friesland in the province of North Holland, historically influenced by Frisian.

Usage notes

• The lects West Frisian, Saterland Frisian, and North Frisian are sometimes considered dialects of a single Frisian language, but more often they are considered a group of three independent languages.

Translations

language spoken in Friesland

• Catalan: frisó occidental (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 弗里西亞語／弗里西亚语 (fúlǐxīyàyǔ), 弗里西亚语 (Fúlǐxīyà yǔ)

• Dutch: Fries (nl) n, Westerlauwers Fries n
• Esperanto: okcidentfrisa lingvo
• Faroese: vesturfrísiskt (fo) n
• Finnish: länsifriisi
• French: frison occidental (fr) m
• Galician: frisón (gl) m
• Georgian: დასავლეთფრიზიული (dasavletpriziuli), დასავლეთფრიზიული ენა (dasavletpriziuli ena)
• German: Westfriesisch (de) n
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: Freaslainnis f, Freaslainnis an Iarthir f, Freaslainnis Iartharach f
• Italian: frisone occidentale m
• Japanese: フリジア語 (ja) (Furijia-go), フリース語 (Furīsu-go)
• Limburgish: Wèsfriesj (li) n
• Polish: (język) zachodniofryzyjski m
• Portuguese: frísio (pt) m, frisão (pt) m
• Russian: западнофри́зский m (zapadnofrízskij) (язы́к), фри́зский (ru) m (frízskij) (язы́к)
• Scots: Wast Frisie
• Spanish: frisón (es) m, frisio (es) m
• Swedish: västfrisiska (sv) c
• West Frisian: Frysk (fy)

the Western Frisian dialect of Dutch

• Dutch: West-Fries
• Finnish: länsifriisiläinen murre
• Galician: frisón occidental
• Georgian: დასავლეთფრიზიული (dasavletpriziuli)
• Italian: frisone occidentale m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Polish: zachodniofryzyjski m
• Russian: западнофри́зский m (zapadnofrízskij) (язы́к)
• Spanish: frisón occidental
• West Frisian: West-Frysk

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} frison (fr) m
• Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} frísneska (is) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} frisiska (sv) c

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of West Frisian terms
• Appendix:West Frisian Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in West Frisian

Further reading

• West Frisian language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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