frise

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See also: Frise and frisé

Danish

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Etymology

From French frise.

Noun

frise c (singular definite frisen, plural indefinite friser)

  1. (architecture) frieze

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French

 frise on French Wikipedia

Etymology

Via Middle French frise, derived in a textile sense from friser (to curl) or related to the demonym Frisian due to import via Northern ships, and in an architecture sense from an Upper Italian fris f, Medieval Latin frisum, frisium, frigium, frixum, of controversial origin, possibly from multiple sources, Arabic إِفْرِيز (ʔifrīz, king beam, cornice) and Latin opus phrygium (a kind of embroidery, literally Phrygian work), the demonym Frisian and terms related to the textile term in a transferred sense.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fʁiz/
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Noun

frise f (plural frises)

  1. frieze
  2. border
    Synonyms: bord, bordure

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

frise m (definite singular frisen, indefinite plural friser, definite plural frisene)

  1. (architecture) a frieze

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Portuguese

Verb

frise

  1. inflection of frisar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

frise

  1. inflection of frisar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative