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Webster 1913 Edition
Frisian
Fri′sian
,Adj.
Of or pertaining to Friesland, a province of the Netherlands; Friesic.
Fri′sian
,Noun.
A native or inhabitant of Friesland; also, the language spoken in Friesland. See
Friesic
, Noun.
Definition 2024
Frisian
Frisian
English
Proper noun
Frisian
- A Germanic language group or language (see Usage notes), or a lect thereof, which descended from Old Frisian, with speakers in the Netherlands and Germany.
- (specifically) The West Frisian lect, spoken in the northern Netherlands.
- 1998, Colin Baker, Sylvia Prys Jones, Encyclopedia of bilingualism and bilingual education, page 405:
- In the province of Friesland, in the north of the Netherlands, a high percentage of the population, about 350000, speak Frisian as their first language.
- 2000, Jasone Cenoz, Ulrike Jessner, English in Europe: the acquisition of a third language, page 223:
- This means that full competence in both Frisian and Dutch (ie understanding, speaking, reading and writing ability) is aimed at all pupils in the province, whether they speak Frisian or Dutch at home.
- 2005, Pat Seward, Sunandini Arora Lal, Netherlands, page 89:
- Many Frisians speak Frisian at home and Dutch at work.
- 1998, Colin Baker, Sylvia Prys Jones, Encyclopedia of bilingualism and bilingual education, page 405:
- (specifically) Saterland Frisian, the last surviving dialect of the East Frisian lect, spoken in Northern Germany close to the Dutch border.
- (specifically) The North Frisian lect, spoken in northwestern Schleswig-Holstein in Germany, southwest of the Danish-German border.
- (specifically) The West Frisian lect, spoken in the northern Netherlands.
Usage notes
Some linguists consider West Frisian, Saterland Frisian, and North Frisian to be varieties of a single language called “Frisian”. As they are not mutually intelligible, other linguists and the speakers consider them to be separate languages in a language group called “Frisian”. Saterland Frisian is also known as “East Frisian”, but this term more often refers to a Low German dialect, because the Low German dialect has a far greater number of speakers than the Frisian lect.
Translations
the Frisian language group
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the West Frisian language — see West Frisian
Noun
Frisian (plural Frisians)
- A member of the Germanic ethnic group which is native to the region of Frisia (which is in the Netherlands, northern Germany, and southern Denmark).
- A person who is from or who has long resided in the Dutch province of Friesland.
Translations
member of the Germanic ethnic group which is native to Frisia
person from the Dutch province of Friesland
Adjective
Frisian (comparative more Frisian, superlative most Frisian)
- Of, in or relating to the Frisian language or a Frisian language.
- Because the instruction manual was Frisian, Yves couldn't read it.
- Of or relating to the natives or inhabitants of Frisia; to people of Frisian descent.
- Of or relating to the region of Frisia.
- Of or relating to the natives or inhabitants of the Dutch province of Friesland.
- Of or relating to the Dutch province of Friesland.
Translations
of or in the or a Frisian language
of or relating to the people of Frisia
of or relating to the region of Frisia
of or relating to the people of the Dutch province of Friesland
of or pertaining to the Dutch province of Friesland