frisa

See also: frisá and frišă

Catalan

Verb

frisa

1. inflection of frisar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Esperanto

Pronunciation

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Adjective

frisa (accusative singular frisan, plural frisaj, accusative plural frisajn)

1. Of or pertaining to a frieze
2. Frisian

French

Verb

frisa

1. third-person singular past historic of friser

Anagrams

• frais

Italian

Noun

frisa f (plural frise)

1. Synonym of frisella

Anagrams

• farsi, frasi

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• frissa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfʲrʲisa]

Etymology 1

Univerbation of fri (“toward, against, with”) +‎ a (“the”, neuter accusative singular)

Determiner

frisa

1. toward/against/with the sg

Etymology 2

Univerbation of fri (“toward, against, with”) +‎ a (“whom, which”)

Pronoun

frisa

1. toward/against/with whom/which
   • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 220^a10

     A·tá tairmthechtas persan híc .i. is sain indí asid·rubart ⁊ indí frisa n-érbrath.

     There is a transition of persons here, i.e. the one who has said it and the one to whom it has been said are different.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾi.zɐ/

Verb

frisa

1. inflection of frisar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾisa/ [ˈfɾi.sa]
• Rhymes: -isa
• Syllabification: fri‧sa

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French frise.

Noun

frisa f (plural frisas)

1. frieze
2. (Puerto Rico) blanket

   Synonyms: manta, cobija, colcha, frazada

Etymology 2

Verb

frisa

1. inflection of frisar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “frisa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10