friz

English

Noun

friz (plural frizzes)

1. Dated form of frizz.
   • 1826, Julius Hare, Guesses at Truth by Two Brothers:

     He [Dr. Johnson], who saw in his glass how his wig became his face and head, might easily infer that a similar full-bottomed, well-curled friz of words would be no less becoming to his thoughts.

Verb

friz (third-person singular simple present frizzes, present participle frizzing, simple past and past participle frizzed)

1. Dated form of frizz.
   • 1870, Elizabeth Barker Comins, Marion Berkley:

     "To friz, or not to friz! that is the question!" exclaimed Marion, as she turned from her looking-glass and appealed to Florence, who was buttoning her best-fitting cloth boots.

Romanian

Noun

friz n (plural frizuri)

1. Alternative form of friză

Declension

Declension of friz

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) friz	frizul	(niște) frizuri	frizurile
genitive/dative	(unui) friz	frizului	(unor) frizuri	frizurilor
vocative	frizule		frizurilor

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /frîːz/
• Hyphenation: friz

Noun

frȋz m (Cyrillic spelling фри̑з)

1. (architecture) frieze

Declension

Declension of friz

	singular	plural
nominative	friz	frizovi
genitive	friza	frizova
dative	frizu	frizovima
accusative	friz	frizove
vocative	friz	frizovi
locative	frizu	frizovima
instrumental	frizom	frizovima

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fríːs/

Noun

frȋz m inan

1. (architecture) frieze

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	fríz
gen. sing.	fríza
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	fríz	fríza	frízi
genitive (rodȋlnik)	fríza	frízov	frízov
dative (dajȃlnik)	frízu	frízoma	frízom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	fríz	fríza	fríze
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	frízu	frízih	frízih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	frízom	frízoma	frízi

Spanish

Noun

friz f (plural frices)

1. beech flower

Further reading

• “friz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014