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Verb
friso
- first-person singular present indicative of frisar
Esperanto
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From French frise.
Noun
friso (accusative singular frison, plural frisoj, accusative plural frisojn)
- (architecture) frieze
Etymology 2
From Dutch Fries, French Frison, German Friese, all from West Frisian Fries.
Noun
friso (accusative singular frison, plural frisoj, accusative plural frisojn)
- A Frisian person
Related terms
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfri.zo/
- Rhymes: -izo
- Hyphenation: frì‧so
Etymology 1
Deverbal from frisare + -o.
Noun
friso m (plural frisi)
- graze, grazing (act of rubbing or touching lightly the surface of in passing)
Further reading
- friso1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
friso
- first-person singular present indicative of frisare
Anagrams
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle French and Old French frise.
Noun
friso m (plural frisos)
- (architecture) frieze
Etymology 2
Verb
friso
- first-person singular present indicative of frisar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɾiso/
- Rhymes: -iso
- Syllabification: fri‧so
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Middle French and Old French frise, probably related to friser (“to curl”).
Noun
friso m (plural frisos)
- (architecture) frieze
Etymology 2
Verb
friso
- first-person singular present indicative of frisar
Further reading
- “friso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN