friser

Danish

Noun

friser c

1. indefinite plural of frise

French

Etymology

Of Germanic origin, from Old Frisian frisle (“curly hair”), from Proto-Germanic *frisaz (“curly, frizzy”). Related to English frizz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʁi.ze/

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Verb

friser

1. to curl
2. to graze, to pass by barely touching
3. (printing) to skip, to print double
4. (figuratively) to border on, verge on
5. to buzz

Conjugation

Conjugation of friser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	friser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	frisant /fʁi.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		frisé /fʁi.ze/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	frise /fʁiz/	frises /fʁiz/	frise /fʁiz/	frisons /fʁi.zɔ̃/	frisez /fʁi.ze/	frisent /fʁiz/
	imperfect	frisais /fʁi.zɛ/	frisais /fʁi.zɛ/	frisait /fʁi.zɛ/	frisions /fʁi.zjɔ̃/	frisiez /fʁi.zje/	frisaient /fʁi.zɛ/
	past historic2	frisai /fʁi.ze/	frisas /fʁi.za/	frisa /fʁi.za/	frisâmes /fʁi.zam/	frisâtes /fʁi.zat/	frisèrent /fʁi.zɛʁ/
	future	friserai /fʁiz.ʁe/	friseras /fʁiz.ʁa/	frisera /fʁiz.ʁa/	friserons /fʁiz.ʁɔ̃/	friserez /fʁiz.ʁe/	friseront /fʁiz.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	friserais /fʁiz.ʁɛ/	friserais /fʁiz.ʁɛ/	friserait /fʁiz.ʁɛ/	friserions /fʁi.zə.ʁjɔ̃/	friseriez /fʁi.zə.ʁje/	friseraient /fʁiz.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	frise /fʁiz/	frises /fʁiz/	frise /fʁiz/	frisions /fʁi.zjɔ̃/	frisiez /fʁi.zje/	frisent /fʁiz/
	imperfect2	frisasse /fʁi.zas/	frisasses /fʁi.zas/	frisât /fʁi.za/	frisassions /fʁi.za.sjɔ̃/	frisassiez /fʁi.za.sje/	frisassent /fʁi.zas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	frise /fʁiz/	—	frisons /fʁi.zɔ̃/	frisez /fʁi.ze/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• chou frisé
• fer à friser

Further reading

• “friser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Norman

Etymology

From Old French friser, frizer (“to frizzle, crisp, curl, ruffle, braid, touch lightly, graze, scratch”), possibly from Frankish *fris (“curl”), from Proto-Germanic *frisaz (“frizzy, curly”).

Verb

friser

1. (Jersey) to curl

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse frisir pl.

Noun

friser m (definite singular friseren, indefinite plural frisere, definite plural friserne)

1. a Frisian (person)

Related terms

• frisisk

See also

• frisar (Nynorsk)

Etymology 2

Noun

friser m

1. indefinite plural of frise

References

• “friser” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “friser” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Swedish

Noun

friser

1. indefinite plural of fris.

Anagrams

• firres