[go: up one dir, main page]
Wiktionary

frisk

See also: 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”). Doublet of fresco and 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

Adjective

edit

frisk

  1. (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

Derived terms

edit

Translations

edit

Noun

edit

frisk (plural frisks)

  1. A little playful skip or leap; a brisk and lively movement.
    Synonyms: gambol, frolic
  2. The act of frisking, of searching for something by feeling someone's body.
    Synonyms: frisking, patdown
    The customs officer gave me a frisk after I went through the metal detector.

Verb

edit

frisk (third-person singular simple present frisks, present participle frisking, simple past and past participle frisked)

  1. (intransitive) To frolic, gambol, skip, dance, leap.
  2. (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.
  3. (transitive) To search (a place).
    Furniture was tipped over and drawers pulled out. Someone had obviously frisked the joint before we arrived.

Usage notes

edit
  • The term frisk is slightly less formal than search.

Synonyms

edit

Derived terms

edit
edit

Translations

edit

Anagrams

edit

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.

Pronunciation

edit

IPA(key): /frɛsk/, [ˈfʁæsɡ̊]

Adjective

edit

frisk (neuter frisk or friskt, plural and definite singular attributive friske, comparative ere, superlative (predicative) friskest, superlative (attributive) friskeste)

  1. fresh
  2. cheerful, lively
  3. fit, sprightly
edit

Maltese

edit

Etymology

edit

Borrowed from Sicilian friscu.

Pronunciation

edit

Adjective

edit

frisk (feminine singular friska, plural friski)

  1. fresh; cool
    Minbarra l-ħalib, l-aħjar xarba għall-ulied huwa l-ilma frisk.
    Apart from milk, the best drink for children is fresh water.

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)

  1. fresh
  2. keen (e.g. a keen wind)
  3. well, healthy
  4. refreshing
  5. cheerful (e.g. colours)
Derived terms
edit

Etymology 2

edit

Verb

edit

frisk

  1. imperative of friske

References

edit

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.

Pronunciation

edit

Adjective

edit

frisk (neuter singular friskt, definite singular and plural friske, comparative friskare, indefinite superlative friskast, definite superlative friskaste)

  1. fresh
  2. keen (e.g. a keen wind)
  3. well, healthy
  4. refreshing
  5. cheerful (e.g. colours)

References

edit

Saterland Frisian

edit

Etymology

edit

From Old Frisian fersk, from Proto-Germanic *friskaz. More at fresh.

Adjective

edit

frisk

  1. fresh

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 fresk, fräsch, and färsk.

Alternative forms

edit

Pronunciation

edit

Adjective

edit

frisk (comparative friskare, superlative friskast)

  1. healthy; not sick
  2. fresh; refreshing
    friska luften
    (the) fresh air
Declension
edit
Inflection of frisk
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

  1. Obsolete form of frisisk (“Frisian”).
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=frisk&oldid=81475483"