Fries

fries fríes English Etymology The town was named after a prominent cotton-mill owner, Francis Henry Fries. The surname is converged from both en Friesland and en fr friche fallow land, found in Swiss French. Pronunciation en /ˈfɹiːz/ en en-us-freeze.ogg US en iːz 1 en frees frieze Proper noun en. en town s/Virginia. Further reading Anagrams en efirs Fiser fiers fires serif en surnames from ethnonyms Dutch Pronunciation nl /ˈfris/ nl Nl-Fries.ogg nl Fries nl is Etymology 1 From nl dum Friese, but also dum Vriese, dum Vrese, from nl odt *Frieso, probably via nl osx *Frēso. Borrowed and re-borrowed, at varying times in history, from nl ofs Frēsa, ofs Frīsa (modern West Frisian fy Fries). Probably ultimately from nl gem-pro *frisaz curly, frizzy, named for their curly hair. Also compare la Frisii. Initial v- is expected from natural development from Old Dutch, in which voicing of initial f- to v- occurs naturally. The modern form with f- is probably influenced by the Frisian endonym. However, the original voiced consonant is retained in the common surname nl de Vries. Noun m -zen + Friese nl Germanic tribes a Frisian, member of a Germanic people (both the modern people and the ancient Frisii); a speaker of one of the Frisian languages a West Frisian specifically; a speaker of the West Frisian language Short form for various names relating to Friesland or Frisians, such as the bovine race. Usage notes In the Netherlands, nl Fries most often refers implicitly to the Frisians with whom Dutch people are most familiar, the West Frisians. Note that the general meaning of nl West-Fries refers to the region in North Holland. Alternative forms nl Vries obsolete Derived terms nl de Vries nl Friesland nl Vriezenveen Etymology 2 From nl Fries s. Adjective Frisian (any member of the Frisian people) West Frisian specifically (of the Frisian part of the Netherlands) Declension Alternative forms nl Friesch obsolete nl Vriesch obsolete Derived terms nl Friese ruiter ontfriezen Oudfries verfriezen Proper noun n Frisian (any of the Frisian languages) specifically, West Frisian Derived terms nl Noordfries Oostfries Oosterlauwers Fries Oudfries Westfries Westerlauwers Fries nl Demonyms Friesland, Netherlands Germany Languages German de: Etymology de fr frise, from an Upper de it fris f. Pronunciation de De-Fries.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de iːs 1 Noun m frieze (sculptured or richly ornamented band) Declension m Hyponyms de Akanthusfries Bandfries Bilderfries Bodenfries Bogenfries Giebelfries Kachelfries Klötzchenfries Lilienfries Mittelfries Palmettenfries Randfries Rundbogenfries Triglyphenfries Türfries Wandfries Zahnfries Further reading de Architectural elements West Frisian Etymology From fy ofs Frīsa, ofs Frēsa, probably ultimately from fy gem-pro *frisaz curly, frizzy, named for their curly hair. Pronunciation fy /friə̯s/ Noun c Friezen Frisian person Further reading 29709 I References * Markey, Thomas L. (1981): Frisians