frisk

English

Etymology

From Middle English frisk, 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

• IPA^(key): /fɹɪsk/
• Rhymes: -ɪsk

Adjective

frisk

1. Lively; brisk; frolicsome; frisky.

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Translations

lively; brisk; frolicsome

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: игрив (bg) ‎(igriv), скоклив (bg) ‎(skokliv)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Danish: kåd, livlig, sprælsk

• Dutch: levendig (nl), levendige (nl)
• Finnish: eloisa (fi), leikkisä
• Icelandic: frískur m
• Russian: ре́звый (ru) ‎(rézvyj), игри́вый (ru) ‎(igrívyj)
• Spanish: vivaracho (es) m

Noun

frisk ‎(plural frisks)

1. A frolic; a fit of wanton gaiety; a gambol: a little playful skip or leap.

Verb

frisk ‎(third-person singular simple present frisks, present participle frisking, simple past and past participle frisked)

1. To frolic, gambol, skip, dance, leap.
2. 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.

Derived terms

• stop-and-frisk

Usage notes

• The term frisk is slightly less formal than search.

Translations

to frolic

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: подскачам от радост ‎(podskačam ot radost)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: pomppia (fi), hypellä, kirmailla (fi)
• Maori: pepe
• Russian: резви́ться (ru) ‎(rezvítʹsja)
• Spanish: juguetear (es)

to search somebody by feeling their clothes

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: претърсвам (bg) ‎(pretǎrsvam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Danish: kropsvisitere
• Dutch: fouilleren (nl)
• Finnish: tehdä henkilöntarkastus

• French: fouiller (fr)
• German: filzen (de)
• Icelandic: leita á
• Latin: scrutor
• Polish: rewidować (pl)
• Russian: обы́скивать (ru) ‎(obýskivatʹ)
• Spanish: cachear (es)

Anagrams

• firks

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowing from Middle Low German vrisch, from Old Saxon *frisk, from Proto-Germanic *friskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *preysk-.

Adjective

frisk ‎(neuter frisk or friskt, e-form friske)

1. fresh
2. cheerful, lively
3. fit, sprightly

Related terms

• frisk som en fisk
• frisk som en havørn

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowing from Middle Low German vrisch, from Old Saxon *frisk, from Proto-Germanic *friskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *preysk-.

Adjective

frisk ‎(neuter singular friskt, definite singular and plural friske, comparative friskere, indefinite superlative friskest, definite superlative friskeste)

1. fresh
2. keen (e.g. a keen wind)
3. well, healthy
4. refreshing
5. cheerful (e.g. colours)

Derived terms

• friskne

References

• “frisk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowing from Middle Low German vrisch, from Old Saxon *frisk, *fersk, from Proto-Germanic *friskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *preysk-.

Adjective

frisk ‎(neuter singular friskt, definite singular and plural friske, comparative friskare, indefinite superlative friskast, definite superlative friskaste)

1. fresh
2. keen (e.g. a keen wind)
3. well, healthy
4. refreshing
5. cheerful (e.g. colours)

References

• “frisk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian fersk, from Proto-Germanic *friskaz. More at fresh.

Adjective

frisk

1. fresh

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Swedish

Etymology

Borrowing from Middle Low German vrisch, from Old Saxon *frisk, from Proto-Germanic *friskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *preysk-.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

frisk (comparative friskare, superlative friskast)

1. healthy
2. fresh; refreshing

   friska luften

   (the) fresh air

Declension

Inflection of frisk
Indefinite/attributive	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 an attributive role.