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Faroese

Faˊro-eseˊ

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Noun.

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ing.

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pl.

An inhabitant, or, collectively, inhabitants, of the Faroe islands.

Definition 2024

Faroese

Faroese

See also: faroese

English

Alternative forms

Adjective

Faroese ‎(not comparable)

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

Synonyms

Faroish

Translations

pertaing to the Faroese language, people or Faroe Islands

Armenian: ֆարերյան ‎(fareryan)
Asturian: feroés (ast)
Belarusian: фарэ́рскі m ‎(farérski)
Catalan: feroès
Valencian: feroés
Czech: faerský
Danish: færøsk (da)
Dutch: Faeröers (nl)
Faroese: : føroyskur
Finnish: fäärinkielinen; färsaarelainen (fi)
French: féroïen (fr), féringien (fr)
Galician: feroés (gl)
German: färöisch (de), färingisch (de)
Icelandic: færeyskur (is)

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 ‎(plural Faroese)

A person from the Faroe Islands, Faroe Islander or Faeroe Islander

Translations

person from the Faroe Islands

Armenian: ֆարերցի ‎(farercʿi)
Asturian: feroés (ast) m
Catalan: feroès m, feroesa f
Valencian: feroés m, feroesa f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 法罗人 (zh) ‎(Fǎluó rén)
Czech: Faeřan m
Danish: færing c
Faroese: føroyingur m
Finnish: färsaarelainen (fi)
French: Féroïen (fr) m, Féringien (fr) m, Féroïenne (fr) f, Féringienne (fr) f
Galician: feroés (gl) m

German: Färinger (de) m, Färingerin f
Icelandic: færeyingur m
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
Swedish: (male) färing (sv) c, (female) färöiska (sv)

Proper noun

Faroese

The language of the Faroe Islands, closely related to Icelandic, and more distantly to Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish

Synonyms

Faroish

Translations

language

Amharic: ፋሮኛ ‎(faaronyaa)
Aragonese: feroés m
Armenian: ֆարերեն ‎(fareren), ֆերոյերեն ‎(feroyeren), ֆարյորերեն ‎(faryoreren)
Asturian: feroés (ast) m
Basque: faroera (eu)
Belarusian: фарэ́рская мо́ва ‎(farérskaja móva), фарэ́рская ‎(farérskaja)
Breton: Faeroeg
Catalan: feroès m
Valencian: feroés m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 法罗语 ‎(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: Savalimmiusut (kl)
Hungarian: feröeri (hu)
Icelandic: færeyska (is) f
Indonesian: Faro
Irish: Faro
Italian: faroese (it) m, faroico m, faroense m, faringio m, feringio m
Japanese: フェロー語 (ja) ‎(ferō go), ファロエズ語 ‎(faroezu go)

Korean: 파로스어 ‎(paroseu-eo)
Latvian: farēru
Limburgish: Faeruuer (li) n
Lithuanian: farerų (lt)
Maltese: Fawriż
Manx: Faaroish
Marathi: फारोईझ ‎(phāroījh)
Moksha: фарерань ‎(fareranʹ)
Nepali: फारोइज ‎(phāroija)
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
Swedish: färöiska (sv) c
Thai: ภาษาแฟโร ‎(paasăa fâeroh)
Ukrainian: фарерський ‎(farers’kyj)
Urdu: فیروئیز ‎(fero’íz)
Walloon: Faerowès
Welsh: Ffaroes

See also

Wiktionary's coverage of Faroese terms

faroese

faroese

See also: Faroese

Italian

Adjective

faroese m, f ‎(masculine and feminine plural faroesi)

Faroese