frisk
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English frisk (“lively, frisky”), from Middle French frisque (“lively, jolly, blithe, fine, spruce, gay”), of Germanic origin, perhaps from Middle Dutch frisc (“fresh”) or Old High German frisc (“fresh”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *friskaz (“fresh”). Cognate with Icelandic frískur (“frisky, fresh”). More at fresh.
Alternative etymology derives frisk from an alteration (due to Old French fresche (“fresh”)) of Old French fricque, frique (“smart, strong, playful, bright”), from Gothic *𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌺𐍃 (*friks, “greedy, hungry”), from Proto-Germanic *frekaz, *frakaz (“greedy, active”), from Proto-Indo-European *preg- (“greedy, fierce”). Cognate with Middle Dutch vrec (“greedy, avaricious”), German frech (“insolent”), Old English frec (“greedy, eager, bold, daring, dangerous”). More at freak.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /fɹɪsk/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Rhymes: -ɪsk
Adjective edit
frisk
- (archaic) Lively; brisk.
- Synonyms: frolicsome, frisky
- c. 1600, John Ayliffe, Satires:
- Her hands must hide her mouth if she but smile; Fain would she seem all frisk and frolic still
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Noun edit
frisk (plural frisks)
- A little playful skip or leap; a brisk and lively movement.
- The act of frisking, of searching for something by feeling someone's body.
Verb edit
frisk (third-person singular simple present frisks, present participle frisking, simple past and past participle frisked)
- (intransitive) To frolic, gambol, skip, dance, leap.
- (transitive) To search (someone) by feeling their body and clothing.
- The police frisked the suspiciously-acting individual and found a knife as well as a bag of marijuana.
- (transitive) To search (a place).
- Furniture was tipped over and drawers pulled out. Someone had obviously frisked the joint before we arrived.
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- The term frisk is slightly less formal than search.
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Danish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Middle Low German vrisch, versch, from Proto-Germanic *friskaz, cognate with English fresh, German frisch, Dutch vers. Doublet of fersk.
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frisk (neuter frisk or friskt, plural and definite singular attributive friske, comparative ere, superlative (predicative) friskest, superlative (attributive) friskeste)
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Maltese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Sicilian friscu.
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Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Middle Low German vrisch, from Old Saxon *frisk, from Proto-Germanic *friskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *preysk-.
Adjective edit
frisk (neuter singular friskt, definite singular and plural friske, comparative friskere, indefinite superlative friskest, definite superlative friskeste)
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Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
frisk
- imperative of friske
References edit
- “frisk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Middle Low German vrisch, from Old Saxon *frisk, *fersk, from Proto-Germanic *friskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *preysk-. Akin to English fresh.
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frisk (neuter singular friskt, definite singular and plural friske, comparative friskare, indefinite superlative friskast, definite superlative friskaste)
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- “frisk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Saterland Frisian edit
Etymology edit
From Old Frisian fersk, from Proto-Germanic *friskaz. More at fresh.
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frisk
Swedish edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Swedish frisker, from Middle Low German vrisch, from Old Saxon *frisk, from Proto-West Germanic *frisk, from Proto-Germanic *friskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *preysk-. Doublet of färsk and fräsch.
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frisk (comparative friskare, superlative friskast)
- healthy; not sick
- fresh; refreshing
- friska luften
- (the) fresh air
- friska luften
Declension edit
Inflection of frisk | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | frisk | friskare | friskast |
Neuter singular | friskt | friskare | friskast |
Plural | friska | friskare | friskast |
Masculine plural3 | friske | friskare | friskast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | friske | friskare | friskaste |
All | friska | friskare | friskaste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective edit
frisk
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