frisk
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English frisk (“lively, frisky”), from Old French frisque (“lively, jolly, blithe, fine, spruce, gay”), of Germanic origin, perhaps from Middle Dutch frisc (“fresh”) or Old High German frisc (“fresh”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *friskaz (“fresh”). Cognate with Icelandic frískur (“frisky, fresh”). More at fresh.
Alternative etymology derives frisk from an alteration (due to Old French fresche (“fresh”)) of Old French fricque, frique (“smart, strong, playful, bright”), from Gothic *𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌺𐍃 (*friks, “greedy, hungry”), from Proto-Germanic *frekaz, *frakaz (“greedy, active”), from Proto-Indo-European *preg- (“greedy, fierce”). Cognate with Middle Dutch vrec (“greedy, avaricious”), German frech (“insolent”), Old English frec (“greedy, eager, bold, daring, dangerous”). More at freak.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
frisk
- (archaic) Lively; brisk
- Synonyms: frolicsome, frisky
- c. 1600, Joseph Hall, Satires
- Her hands must hide her mouth if she but smile; Fain would she seem all frisk and frolic still
Translations[edit]
Noun[edit]
frisk (plural frisks)
- A frolic; a fit of wanton gaiety; a gambol: a little playful skip or leap.
- The act of frisking, of searching for something by feeling someone's body
- the customs officer gave me a frisk after I went through the metal detector.
Verb[edit]
frisk (third-person singular simple present frisks, present participle frisking, simple past and past participle frisked)
- To frolic, gambol, skip, dance, leap.
- To search somebody by feeling his or her body and clothing.
- The police frisked the suspiciously-acting individual and found a knife as well as a bag of marijuana.
Usage notes[edit]
- The term frisk is slightly less formal than search.
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Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Middle Low German vrisch, versch, from Proto-Germanic *friskaz, cognate with English fresh, German frisch, Dutch vers. Doublet of fersk.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
frisk (neuter frisk or friskt, plural and definite singular attributive friske, comparative ere, superlative (predicative) friskest, superlative (attributive) friskeste)
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Maltese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Sicilian friscu, from Late Latin friscus, from Frankish *frisk, from Proto-Germanic *friskaz.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
frisk (feminine singular friska, plural friski)
- fresh; cool
- Minbarra l-ħalib, l-aħjar xarba għall-ulied huwa l-ilma frisk.
- Apart from milk, the best drink for children is fresh water.
- Minbarra l-ħalib, l-aħjar xarba għall-ulied huwa l-ilma frisk.
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Borrowed from Middle Low German vrisch, from Old Saxon *frisk, from Proto-Germanic *friskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *preysk-.
Adjective[edit]
frisk (neuter singular friskt, definite singular and plural friske, comparative friskere, indefinite superlative friskest, definite superlative friskeste)
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
frisk
- imperative of friske
References[edit]
- “frisk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Middle Low German vrisch, from Old Saxon *frisk, *fersk, from Proto-Germanic *friskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *preysk-. Akin to English fresh.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
frisk (neuter singular friskt, definite singular and plural friske, comparative friskare, indefinite superlative friskast, definite superlative friskaste)
References[edit]
- “frisk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Saterland Frisian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Frisian fersk, from Proto-Germanic *friskaz. More at fresh.
Adjective[edit]
frisk
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Swedish frisker, from Middle Low German vrisch, from Old Saxon *frisk, from Proto-West Germanic *frisk, from Proto-Germanic *friskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *preysk-.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
frisk (comparative friskare, superlative friskast)
- healthy
- fresh; refreshing
- friska luften
- (the) fresh air
- friska luften
Declension[edit]
Inflection of frisk | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | frisk | friskare | friskast |
Neuter singular | friskt | friskare | friskast |
Plural | friska | friskare | friskast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | friske | friskare | friskaste |
All | friska | friskare | friskaste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. |
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