frieze

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfɹiːz/ Rhymes: -iːz Homophones: frees, freeze === Etymology 1 === Late Middle English, from French and Middle French frise, probably from Medieval Latin Frisia (“Frisian (wool)”) due to import via Northern ships. Or, from French friser (“to curl”).. ==== Noun ==== frieze (countable and uncountable, plural friezes) A kind of coarse woollen cloth or stuff with a shaggy or tufted (friezed) nap on one side. ===== Alternative forms ===== freeze (obsolete) ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== frieze (third-person singular simple present friezes, present participle friezing, simple past and past participle friezed) (transitive) To make a nap on (cloth); to frizz. === Etymology 2 === From French and Middle French frise f, derived from an Upper Italian fris f, Medieval Latin frisum, frisium, frigium, frixum, frigium, of controversial origin, possibly from multiple sources, Arabic إِفْرِيز (ʔifrīz, “king beam, cornice”) and Latin opus Phrygium (“a kind of embroidery”, literally “work of Phrygia”), the demonym Frisian and terms related to the textile term above in a transferred sense. ==== Noun ==== frieze (plural friezes) (architecture) That part of the entablature of an order which is between the architrave and cornice. It is a flat member or face, either uniform or broken by triglyphs, and often enriched with figures and other ornaments of sculpture. (by extension) Any sculptured or richly ornamented band in a building or in rich pieces of furniture. A banner with a series of pictures. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== frieze (third-person singular simple present friezes, present participle friezing, simple past and past participle friezed) (transitive, architecture) To put a frieze on. === References === == West Frisian == === Etymology === From Old Frisian *friāsa, from Proto-West Germanic *freusan. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfriə̯zə/ === Verb === frieze to freeze ==== Inflection ==== ==== Further reading ==== “frieze”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011