frisian
IPA: frˈɪʒɪn
Root Word: Frisian
noun
- A Germanic language group or language (see Usage notes), or a lect thereof, which descended from Old Frisian, with speakers in the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark.
- (specifically) The West Frisian (or Western Frisian) lect, spoken in the northern Netherlands.
- (specifically) Saterland Frisian, the last surviving dialect of the East Frisian lect, spoken in Northern Germany close to the Dutch border.
- (specifically) The North Frisian lect, spoken in northwestern Schleswig-Holstein in Germany.
- A member of the Germanic ethnic group which is native to the region of Frisia (which is in the Netherlands, northern Germany, and southern Denmark).
- A person who is from or who has long resided in the Dutch province of Friesland.
adjective
- Of, in or relating to the Frisian language or a Frisian language.
- Of or relating to the natives or inhabitants of Frisia; to people of Frisian descent.
- Of or relating to the region of Frisia.
- Of or relating to the natives or inhabitants of the Dutch province of Friesland.
- Of or relating to the Dutch province of Friesland.
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Examples of "frisian" in Sentences
- These names are of Frisian origin.
- The struggle for the Frisian lands.
- Frisian is not a dialect it's a language.
- Frisians are certainly not ethnically Dutch.
- Even Frisian is not a dialect but a language.
- The Frisian representative was left in the dark.
- The Frisians and the Chauci joined the Cananefates.
- The government of the Frisian province is bilingual.
- Aswell as articles on Frisian culture and Frisian nature.
- The Frisians are closely related to the Dutch and the English.