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Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
frisian is a noun and adjective meaning "a native or inhabitant of Friesland or Frisia". It carries 3 recorded senses.
a native or inhabitant of Friesland or Frisia
a West Germanic language spoken in Friesland in the northwestern Netherlands; a near relative of English
of or relating to the people or culture or language of Friesland or Frisia
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for frisian come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.