fräs

See also: fras and frås

Swedish

Etymology 1

Deverbal from fräsa. Compare Old Norse fræs.

Noun

fräs n

1. sound (somewhat) like water hitting something red-hot; sizzling, hissing

   fräset från baconet och katten

   the sizzling of the bacon and the hissing of the cat

2. (colloquial) speed or intensity, oomph

   Båten kom farandes i full fräs

   The boat came speeding at full throttle

   Ha i lite chili för att få fräs på soppan

   Add some chili to give oomph to the soup

Declension

Declension of fräs
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	fräs	fräset	—	—
Genitive	fräss	fräsets	—	—

Derived terms

• tjofräs

See also

• väs

Etymology 2

Shortened from the noun fräsmaskin (“milling machine”), from French fraise (“milling cutter”), originally "something curly."

Noun

fräs c

1. a mill, a milling machine, a cutter (for metalworking)
2. a tiller, a cultivator, clipping of jordfräs.

Declension

Declension of fräs
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	fräs	fräsen	fräsar	fräsarna
Genitive	fräs	fräsens	fräsars	fräsarnas

Related terms

• fräsa
• fräsmaskin
• jordfräs

Verb

fräs

1. imperative of fräsa

References

• fräs in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• fräs in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• fräs in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• sfär