frisk

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English

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Etymology

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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.

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Adjective

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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

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Noun

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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

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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.

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  • The term frisk is slightly less formal than search.

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Danish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle Low German vrisch, versch, from Proto-Germanic *friskaz, cognate with English fresh, German frisch, Dutch vers. Doublet of fersk.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /frɛsk/, [ˈfʁæsɡ̊]

Adjective

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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
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Maltese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sicilian friscu.

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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

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Middle Low German vrisch, from Old Saxon *frisk, from Proto-Germanic *friskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *preysk-.

Adjective

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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)
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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frisk

  1. imperative of friske

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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)

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

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Saterland Frisian

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Etymology

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

Adjective

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frisk

  1. fresh

Swedish

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Etymology 1

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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.

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Adjective

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frisk (comparative friskare, superlative friskast)

  1. healthy; not sick
  2. fresh; refreshing
    friska luften
    (the) fresh air
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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

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

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frisk

  1. Obsolete form of frisisk (Frisian).