Frise

From Middle English Frīse, from Old English Frīsa, Proto-West Germanic *frīsō.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɹaɪz/
• Rhymes: -aɪz
• Homophone: fries

Frise (uncountable)

1. Frisia

   The Frise cloth was made in Frise.

   • 1876, Bulletin of the National Association of Wool Manufacturers, American Industrial Wool:

     It was originally applied to cloths of gold made in Frise, a province in the Low Countries

   • 1820, Henry Smithers, Observations Made During a Residence in Brussels:

     The kingdom of the Netherlands was declared by the Congress at Vienna to be composed of North and South Brabant, Limbourg, Guelders, Liege, East and West Flanders, Hainault, Holland, Zealand, Namur, Antwerp, Utrecht, Frise, Overyssel, Groningen and Drenthe.

   • 1857, A Journal of Papers on Subjects Connected with Maritime Affairs. 1857:

     We not only find them in the swamps of Lower Germany and the provinces of Frise, Holland, Zealand, and Flanders, but also in the sands of Campine and about Dunkirk.

• fries

From Latin Frisia (“territory of the Frisians”).

• IPA^(key): /fʁiz/

Frise f

1. Friesland (a province of the Netherlands)

• Frison, frison

• (Provinces of the Netherlands) Provinces des Pays-Bas; Brabant-Septentrional, Drenthe, Flevoland, Frise, Gueldre, Groningue, Hollande-Septentrionale, Hollande-Méridionale, Limbourg, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zélande ^{(Category: fr:Provinces of the Netherlands)}

From Old English Frīsa, from Proto-West Germanic *frīsō.

Frīse

1. Frisia

• English: Frise

• “Frīse, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.