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Fries

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See also: fries and fríes

English

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Etymology

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The town was named after a prominent cotton-mill owner, Francis Henry Fries. The surname is converged from both Friesland and French friche (fallow land), found in Swiss French.

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Fries

  1. A surname.
  2. A town in Virginia.

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch Friese, but also Vriese, Vrese, from Old Dutch *Frieso, probably via Old Saxon *Frēso. Borrowed and re-borrowed, at varying times in history, from Old Frisian Frēsa, Frīsa (modern West Frisian Fries). Probably ultimately from Proto-Germanic *frisaz (curly, frizzy), named for their curly hair. Also compare Latin Frisii.

Initial v- is expected from natural development from Old Dutch, in which voicing of initial f- to v- occurs naturally. The modern form with f- is probably influenced by the Frisian endonym. However, the original voiced consonant is retained in the common surname de Vries.

Noun

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Fries m (plural Friezen, diminutive Friesje n, feminine Friese)

  1. a Frisian, member of a Germanic people (both the modern people and the ancient Frisii); a speaker of one of the Frisian languages
  2. a West Frisian specifically; a speaker of the West Frisian language
  3. Short form for various names relating to Friesland or Frisians, such as the bovine race.
Usage notes
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In the Netherlands, Fries most often refers implicitly to the Frisians with whom Dutch people are most familiar, the West Frisians. Note that the general meaning of Dutch West-Fries refers to the region in North Holland.

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Etymology 2

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From Fries +‎ -s.

Adjective

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Fries (comparative Frieser, superlative meest Fries or Friest)

  1. Frisian (any member of the Frisian people)
  2. West Frisian specifically (of the Frisian part of the Netherlands)
Declension
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Declension of Fries
uninflected Fries
inflected Friese
comparative Frieser
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial Fries Frieser het Friest
het Frieste
indefinite m./f. sing. Friese Friesere Frieste
n. sing. Fries Frieser Frieste
plural Friese Friesere Frieste
definite Friese Friesere Frieste
partitive Fries Friesers
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Proper noun

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Fries n

  1. Frisian (any of the Frisian languages)
  2. specifically, West Frisian
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German

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German Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia de

Etymology

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Borrowed from French frise, from an Upper Italian fris f.

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Noun

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Fries m (strong, genitive Frieses, plural Friese)

  1. frieze (sculptured or richly ornamented band)

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Further reading

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West Frisian

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Etymology

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From Old Frisian Frīsa, Frēsa, probably ultimately from Proto-Germanic *frisaz (curly, frizzy), named for their curly hair.

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Noun

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Fries c (plural Friezen)

  1. Frisian person

Further reading

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  • Fries (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

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