different between vault vs frisk

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /v?lt/, /v??lt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /v?lt/, /v?lt/
• Rhymes: -??lt, -?lt
• Homophone: volt (in some accents)
• The l was originally suppressed in pronunciation.

Etymology 1

From Middle English vaute, vowte, from Old French volte (modern voûte), from Vulgar Latin *volta < *volvita or *vol?ta, a regularization of Latin vol?ta (compare modern volute (“spire”)), the past participle of volvere (“roll, turn”). Cognate with Spanish vuelta (“turn”). Doublet of volute.

Noun

vault (plural vaults)

1. An arched masonry structure supporting and forming a ceiling, whether freestanding or forming part of a larger building.
   • 1751, Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard

     the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault

2. Any arched ceiling or roof.
3. (figuratively) Anything resembling such a downward-facing concave structure, particularly the sky and caves.

   • 1636, George Sandys, A Paraphrase on Job

     the silent vaults of death

   • 1985, Bible (NJB), Genesis, 1:6:

     God said, ‘Let there be a vault through the middle of the waters to divide the waters in two.’

4. The space covered by an arched roof, particularly underground rooms and (Christianity, obsolete) church crypts.
5. Any cellar or underground storeroom.
   • 1730, Jonathan Swift, A Panegyrick on the Dean

     to banish rats that haunt our vault

6. Any burial chamber, particularly those underground.

7. The secure room or rooms in or below a bank used to store currency and other valuables; similar rooms in other settings.

8. (often figuratively) Any archive of past content.
9. (computing) An encrypted digital archive.
10. (obsolete) An underground or covered conduit for water or waste; a drain; a sewer.
11. (obsolete) An underground or covered reservoir for water or waste; a cistern; a cesspit.
12. (obsolete, euphemistic) A room employing a cesspit or sewer: an outhouse; a lavatory.

Synonyms

• (outhouse or lavatory): See Thesaurus:bathroom
• (gymnastic apparatus): vaulting table

Hyponyms

Translations

Verb

vault (third-person singular simple present vaults, present participle vaulting, simple past and past participle vaulted)

1. (transitive) To build as, or cover with a vault.

Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle French volter (“to turn or spin around; to frolic”), borrowed from Italian voltare, itself from a Vulgar Latin frequentative form of Latin volvere; later assimilated to Etymology 1, above.

Verb

vault (third-person singular simple present vaults, present participle vaulting, simple past and past participle vaulted)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To jump or leap over.

Derived terms

• vaulter
• vaulting

Translations

Noun

vault (plural vaults)

1. An act of vaulting, formerly (chiefly) by deer; a leap or jump.
2. (gymnastics) A piece of apparatus used for performing jumps.
3. (gymnastics) A gymnastic movement performed on this apparatus.
4. (equestrianism) Synonym of volte: a circular movement by the horse.
5. (gymnastics) An event or performance involving a vaulting horse.

Translations

See also

• pole vault
• vaulting horse

Further reading

• vault on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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