fris

• fres (obsolete)

Borrowed from Medieval Latin frisum, frisium, of unknown origin. See English frieze for more.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈfɾis]

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fris m (plural frisos)

1. (architecture) frieze

• “fris”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

• IPA^(key): /frɪs/

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• Hyphenation: fris
• Rhymes: -ɪs

From late Middle Dutch frisch, vrisch, borrowed from Middle High German vrisch, from Old High German frisc, from Proto-West Germanic *frisk, from Proto-Germanic *friskaz. Doublet of vers.

fris (comparative frisser, superlative meest fris or frist)

1. fresh, refreshing
2. cool, chilly

   Synonym: koel

3. clean, pure, hygienic

• frisch (obsolete), frips (humorous)

Apocopic form of frisdrank.

fris m (uncountable, diminutive frisje n)

1. soft drink

   Synonym: frisdrank

• friss

• IPA^(key): [ɸʲrʲisʲ]

fris

1. third-person singular masculine/neuter of fri

From Dutch vriezen.

fris

1. to freeze

From French frise; related to English frieze.

fris c

1. (architecture) a frieze

• fris in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• fris in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)