Frise

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See also: frise and frisé

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

Frise (uncountable)

  1. Frisia
    The Frise cloth was made in Frise.
    • 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.

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French

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Etymology

From Latin Frisia (“territory of the Frisians”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Frise f

  1. Friesland (a province of the Netherlands)

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Middle English

Etymology

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

Noun

Frīse

  1. Frisia

Descendants

  • English: Frise

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