Frise

See also: frise and frisé

English

Etymology

From Middle English Frīse, from Old English Frīsa, Proto-West Germanic *frīsō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɹaɪz/
• Rhymes: -aɪz
• Homophone: fries

Noun

Frise (uncountable)

1. (archaic) Frisia: (historical) a traditionally Frisian-speaking coastal Western Europe, politically split between Netherlands and Germany
   • 1876, Bulletin of the National Association of Wool Manufacturers, American Industrial Wool:

     It was originally applied to cloths of gold made in Frise, a province in the Low Countries

   • 1820, Henry Smithers, Observations Made During a Residence in Brussels:

     The kingdom of the Netherlands was declared by the Congress at Vienna to be composed of North and South Brabant, Limbourg, Guelders, Liege, East and West Flanders, Hainault, Holland, Zealand, Namur, Antwerp, Utrecht, Frise, Overyssel, Groningen and Drenthe.

   • 1857, A Journal of Papers on Subjects Connected with Maritime Affairs. 1857:

     We not only find them in the swamps of Lower Germany and the provinces of Frise, Holland, Zealand, and Flanders, but also in the sands of Campine and about Dunkirk.

See also

• Bichon Frise
• Frise aileron

Anagrams

• fries

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Frisia (“territory of the Frisians”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʁiz/

Proper noun

Frise f

1. (historical) Frisia (a traditionally Frisian-speaking coastal Western Europe, politically split between Netherlands and Germany)
2. Frisia, Friesland (a province of the Netherlands)

Related terms

• Frison, frison

See also

provinces of the Netherlands: provinces des Pays-Basedit

• Brabant-Septentrional
• Drenthe
• Flevoland
• Frise
• Groningue
• Gueldre
• Hollande-Méridionale
• Hollande-Septentrionale
• Limbourg
• Overijssel
• Utrecht
• Zélande

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English Frīsa, from Proto-West Germanic *frīsō.

Noun

Frīse

1. (historical) Frisia (a traditionally Frisian-speaking coastal Western Europe, politically split between Netherlands and Germany)

Descendants

• English: Frise

References

• “Frīse, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.