Complete Definition of "Frisian"

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Proper noun
en-proper noun

  1. the language group (West Frisian, Saterland Frisian, and North Frisian) spoken by many people in the Dutch province of Friesland, some people in Northern Germany and in some parts of Denmark, mainly west coast
  2. context|Netherlands the West Frisian language

Usage notes
Some linguists consider West Frisian, Saterland Frisian, and North Frisian to be varieties of a single language called �Frisian�. Other linguists and the speakers consider them to be separate languages in a language group called �Frisian�.

Translations
trans-top|the Frisian language group
Dutch: t+|nl|Fries|n
Finnish: friisi, friisi|friisin kieli
German: Friesisch n
Italian: frisone
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Northern Frisian: tø|frr|Frasch, tø|frr|Fresk, tø|frr|Freesk, tø|frr|Friisk
Polish: (j�zyk) fryzyjski m
Saterland Frisian: tø|frs|Fräisch
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trans-top|the West Frisian language
See West Frisian
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Please distinguish between the Frisian language group, the West Frisian language (sometimes known as "Frisian"), and the West Frisian dialect.
ttbc|Chinese: ��西�语 (fúl�xīyà y�)
ttbc|Esperanto: frizona
ttbc|French: frison m
ttbc|Icelandic: frísneska f
ttbc|Spanish: frisón m
ttbc|Swedish: frisiska c
ttbc|West Frisian: tø|fry|Frysk

Noun
en-noun

  1. a person stemming from the Dutch province of Friesland

Translations
trans-top|a person stemming from the Dutch province of Friesland
Chinese: ��西�人 (fúl�xīyà rén)
Dutch: Fries m
Esperanto: frizono
Finnish: friisiläinen
French: Frison m
Frisian: Frysk m
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German: Friese m
Icelandic: fríslendingur m
Italian: frisone m
Polish: Fryz m, Fryzyjka f
Spanish: frisón m
Swedish: fris m, frisiska f
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Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Catalan: frisó m, frisona f
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ttbc|Persian: FAchar|�ر�ز� (ferizi)

Adjective
Frisian

  1. Of or pertaining to the Dutch province of Friesland, the Frisian people or the Frisian language

Translations

Bulgarian: ��изий�ки (frizijski) m
Chinese: ��西�� (fúl�xīyà de)
Dutch: Fries, Friese
Esperanto: frizona
Finnish: friisiläinen
Frisian: Frysk, Fryske
German: friesisch
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Icelandic: frísneskur
Italian: frisone
Persian: FAchar|�ر�ز� (ferizi)
Polish: fryzyjski m, fryzyjska f, fryzyjskie n
Spanish: frisón
Swedish: frisisk c, frisiskt n, frisiska p

See also
interwiktionary|code=fy
The Frisian Wikipedia

External links
ethnologue|langNorthern Frisian|codefrr
ethnologue|langWestern Frisian|codefri

Category:Languages

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