Faroese

See also: faroese

English

Alternative forms

• Faeroese
• Færoese

Etymology

From Faroe +‎ -ese, from Faroese Føroyar.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌfɛəɹəʊˈiːz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌfɛ(ə)ɹoʊˈiz/, /fæɹoʊˈiz/
• Rhymes: -iːz

Adjective

Faroese (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the Faroe Islands, Faroese people or Faroese language.

Synonyms

• Faroe
• Faroish

Translations

pertaining to the Faro Islands, people or language

• Armenian: ֆարերյան (fareryan)
• Asturian: feroés (ast)
• Belarusian: фарэ́рскі m (farérski)
• Catalan: feroès (ca)

  Valencian: feroés (ca)

• Czech: faerský
• Danish: færøsk (da)
• Dutch: Faeröers (nl)
• Faroese: føroyskur
• Finnish: fäärinkielinen, färsaarelainen (fi)
• French: féroïen (fr)
• Galician: feroés (gl)
• German: färöisch (de), färingisch (de)
• Icelandic: færeyskur (is)
• Irish: Faróch
• Italian: faroese (it), faroense
• Kazakh: фарерлік (farerlık)
• Latin: Faroensis, Færoensis
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: færøysk (no)

  Nynorsk: færøysk (nn)

• Old Norse: færeyskr
• Portuguese: feroês (pt) m
• Romanian: feroez, faroez
• Russian: фаре́рский (ru) (farérskij)
• Scottish Gaelic: Fàrothach
• Slovak: faerský
• Slovene: ferski (sl)
• Spanish: faroés
• Swedish: färöisk (sv)
• Uzbek: farencha, faren (uz)

Noun

Faroese (countable and uncountable, plural Faroese)

1. (countable) A person from the Faroe Islands, Faroe Islander or Faeroe Islander
2. (uncountable) The language of the Faroe Islands, closely related to Icelandic, and more distantly to Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish

Usage notes

As with other nationalities formed with -ese, the countable singular noun in reference to a person (as in "I am a Faroese", "writing about Faroese cuisine as a Faroese") is uncommon and often taken as incorrect. In its place, the adjective is used, by itself (as in "I am Faroese") or with a word like person, man, or woman ("writing about Faroese cuisine as a Faroese person").

Synonyms

• Faroish
• (person): Faroe Islander

Translations

person from the Faroe Islands

• Armenian: ֆարերցի (farercʿi)
• Asturian: feroés (ast) m
• Catalan: feroès (ca) m, feroesa (ca) f

  Valencian: feroés (ca) m, feroesa (ca) f

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 法羅人／法罗人 (zh) (Fǎluó rén)

• Czech: Faeřan m
• Danish: færing (da) c
• Dutch: Faeröerder (nl) m, Faeröerse (nl) f
• Faroese: føroyingur m
• Finnish: färsaarelainen (fi)
• French: Féroïen (fr) m, Féringien (fr) m, Féroïenne (fr) f, Féringienne (fr) f
• Galician: feroés (gl) m, feroesa f
• German: Färinger (de) m, Färingerin (de) f
• Greenlandic: savalimmiormioq
• Icelandic: Færeyingur (is) m
• Irish: Faróch m, Faróigh m pl
• Italian: faroese (it) m or f
• Kazakh: фарерлік (farerlık)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: færøying m

  Nynorsk: færøying (nn) m

• Old Norse: færeyingr m
• Portuguese: feroês (pt) m
• Romanian: feroez m, feroeză f, faroez m, faroeză f
• Russian: фаре́рец (ru) m (farérec), фаре́рка f (farérka)
• Scottish Gaelic: Fàrothach m
• Slovak: Faerčan m
• Spanish: faroés m, feroés (es) m
• Swedish: (male) färing (sv) c, (female) färöiska (sv)

language

• Amharic: ፋሮኛ (faroña)
• Aragonese: feroés m
• Armenian: ֆարերեն (hy) (fareren), ֆերոյերեն (hy) (feroyeren), ֆարյորերեն (hy) (faryoreren)
• Asturian: feroés (ast) m
• Basque: faroera (eu)
• Belarusian: фарэ́рская мо́ва (farérskaja móva), фарэ́рская (farérskaja)
• Breton: Faeroeg
• Catalan: feroès (ca) m

  Valencian: feroés (ca) m

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 法羅語／法罗语 (zh) (Fǎluó yǔ)

• Czech: faerština (cs)
• Danish: færøsk (da)
• Dutch: Faeröers (nl) n
• Estonian: fääri keel
• Faroese: føroyskt (fo)
• Finnish: fääri (fi)
• French: féroïen (fr)
• Galician: feroés (gl)
• German: Färöisch (de) n
• Greenlandic: savalimmiormiutut
• Hungarian: feröeri (hu)
• Icelandic: færeyska (is) f
• Inari Sami: fäärkielâ
• Indonesian: Faro
• Irish: Faróis f
• Italian: faroese (it) m, faroico m, faroense m, faringio m, feringio m
• Japanese: フェロー語 (ja) (Ferō-go)
• Korean: 파로스어 (Paroseueo)
• Latvian: farēru
• Limburgish: Faeruuer (li) n
• Lithuanian: farerų (lt)
• Maltese: Fawriż
• Manx: Faaroish
• Marathi: फारोईझ (phāroījh)
• Moksha: фарерань (fareranʹ)
• Nepali: फारोइज (phāroij)
• Northern Sami: fearagiella
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: færøysk (no) m

  Nynorsk: færøysk (nn) m

• Polish: farerski (pl)
• Portuguese: faroês, feroês (pt)
• Romanian: feroeză, faroeză
• Russian: фаре́рский (ru) (farérskij)
• Scottish Gaelic: Fàrothais f
• Slovak: faerčina
• Sorbian: Ferejšćina
• Spanish: faroés m, feroés (es) m
• Swedish: färöiska (sv) c
• Thai: ภาษาแฟโร (paasăa fâeroh)
• Turkish: Faroece
• Ukrainian: фарерський (farersʹkyj)
• Urdu: فیروئیز‎ (feroīz)
• Uzbek: farencha
• Walloon: Faerowès
• Welsh: Ffaroes

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Faroese terms

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code fo, ISO 639-3 code fao (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Faroese, fao ⁠

Anagrams

• Faeroes