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English

Etymology

From Middle English frisk (“lively, frisky”), from Old 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”). 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 *???????????????????? (*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

• IPA^(key): /f??sk/
• Rhymes: -?sk

Adjective

frisk

1. (archaic) Lively; brisk

   Synonyms: frolicsome, frisky

   • c. 1600, Joseph Hall, Satires

     Her hands must hide her mouth if she but smile; Fain would she seem all frisk and frolic still

Translations

Noun

frisk (plural frisks)

1. A frolic; a fit of wanton gaiety; a gambol: a little playful skip or leap.
2. The act of frisking, of searching for something by feeling someone's body

Verb

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

1. To frolic, gambol, skip, dance, leap.
2. To search somebody by feeling his or her body and clothing.

Usage notes

• The term frisk is slightly less formal than search.

Derived terms

• stop-and-frisk

Synonyms

• pat down

Translations

Anagrams

• firks

Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fr?sk/, [?f?æs??]

Adjective

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

Related terms

• frisk som en fisk
• frisk som en havørn

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian friscu, from Late Latin friscus, from Frankish *frisk, from Proto-Germanic *friskaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fr?sk/

Adjective

frisk (feminine singular friska, plural friski)

1. fresh; cool

   Minbarra l-?alib, l-a?jar xarba g?all-ulied huwa l-ilma frisk.

   Apart from milk, the best drink for children is fresh water.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

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

• friske (verb)
• friskhet
• friskne

Etymology 2

Verb

frisk

1. imperative of friske

References

• “frisk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /fr?sk/

Adjective

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

• “frisk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

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

Adjective

frisk

1. fresh

Swedish

Etymology

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 färsk and fräsch.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?sk

Adjective

frisk (comparative friskare, superlative friskast)

1. healthy
2. fresh; refreshing

   friska luften

   (the) fresh air

Declension

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?sk/

Etymology 1

Compare Swedish fjäska (“to bustle about”).

Verb

fisk (third-person singular simple present fisks, present participle fisking, simple past and past participle fisked)

1. (obsolete) To run about; to frisk; to whisk.
   • March 29 1549, Hugh Latimer, fourth sermon preached before King Edward VI

     He fisks abroad, and stirreth up erroneous opinions.

Etymology 2

Back-formation from fisking.

Verb

fisk (third-person singular simple present fisks, present participle fisking, simple past and past participle fisked)

1. To rebut an argument line by line, especially on the Internet.

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fesk/, [fes??]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse fiskr, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz (“fish”). Cognate with English fish and German Fisch. The Germanic word is related to Latin piscis, from Proto-Indo-European *peys?- (“fish”).

Noun

fisk c (singular definite fisken, plural indefinite fisk)

1. fish
2. Pisces (someone with a Pisces star sign)
3. (card games) Go Fish (a card game for children)

Inflection

Further reading

• fisk on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da
• Fisk (kortspil) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da
• Fisk (flertydig) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Etymology 2

See fiske (“to fish”).

Verb

fisk

1. imperative of fiske

Elfdalian

Etymology

From Old Norse fiskr, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *peys?-. Cognate with Swedish fisk.

Noun

fisk m

1. fish

Declension

Faroese

Noun

fisk

1. accusative singular of fiskur

Icelandic

Noun

fisk

1. indefinite accusative singular of fiskur

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse fiskr, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz (“fish”), from Proto-Indo-European *peys?- (“fish”).

Noun

fisk m (definite singular fisken, indefinite plural fisker, definite plural fiskene)

1. a fish

Derived terms

See also derived terms at fiske.

Related terms

• fiske
• fisker

Etymology 2

Verb

fisk

1. imperative of fiske

References

• “fisk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse fiskr, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *peys?-. Akin to English fish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?sk/

Noun

fisk m (definite singular fisken, indefinite plural fiskar, definite plural fiskane)

1. a fish

Derived terms

See also derived terms at fiske.

Related terms

• fiske
• fiskar

References

• “fisk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old High German

Alternative forms

• fisc

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fisk, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, whence also Old English fis?, Old Norse fiskr, Gothic ???????????????????? (fisks), from Proto-Indo-European *peys?-. Cognates include Latin piscis.

Noun

fisk m

1. fish

Descendants

• Middle High German: visch
  • Bavarian: Fiisch

    Cimbrian: biss, visch

    Mòcheno: visch

  • Central Franconian:

    Hunsrik: Fisch

    Kölsch: Fesch

  • German: Fisch
  • Luxembourgish: Fësch
  • Rhine Franconian:

    Palatine German: Fusch, Fisch

  • Vilamovian: fej?
  • Yiddish: ????? (fish)

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

• fisc, visk, visc

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fisk, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, whence also Old English fis?, Old Dutch and Old High German fisk, Old Norse fiskr, Gothic ???????????????????? (fisks), from Proto-Indo-European *peys?-.

Noun

fisk m

1. fish

Declension

Descendants

• Middle Low German: visch, vis
  • Dutch Low Saxon: visch
  • German Low German: Fisk, Fisch, Fösch
  • Plautdietsch: Fesch

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish fisker, from Old Norse fiskr, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz (“fish”), from Proto-Indo-European *peys?- (“fish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?sk/
• Rhymes: -?sk

Noun

fisk c

1. (zoology) fish
2. Pisces (star sign)

Declension

Derived terms

See also

Anagrams

• fiks

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian fisk, from Proto-West Germanic *fisk, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *peys?-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?sk/

Noun

fisk c (plural fisken, diminutive fiskje)

1. fish

Further reading

• “fisk”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse fiskr, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *peys?-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?sk/, /fe?sk/

  Rhymes: -??sk

Noun

fisk

1. A fish.

Declension

Related terms

• fiskj
• fiskjälä
• fiskres
• fiskspänning
• fisktjuv
• fiskuv