# frisk
## English
### Etymology

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.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fɹɪsk/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪsk

### Adjective

frisk
* (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

#### Derived terms

* frisky

#### Translations
### Noun

frisk (plural frisks)
* A little playful skip or leap; a brisk and lively movement.
    Synonyms: gambol, frolic
* 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.

#### Derived terms

* frisco
* friskful

### Verb

frisk (third-person singular simple present frisks, present participle frisking, simple past and past participle frisked)
* (intransitive) To frolic, gambol, skip, dance, leap.
* (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.
* (transitive) To search (a place).
    Furniture was tipped over and drawers pulled out. Someone had obviously frisked the joint before we arrived.

#### Usage notes

* The term frisk is slightly less formal than search.

#### Synonyms

* pat down

#### Derived terms

* friskee
* friskingly
* stop-and-frisk
* unfrisked

#### Related terms

* frisk someone's cly

#### 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: /frɛsk/, [ˈfʁæsɡ̊]

### Adjective

frisk (neuter frisk or friskt, plural and definite singular attributive friske, comparative ere, superlative (predicative) friskest, superlative (attributive) friskeste)
* fresh
* cheerful, lively
* fit, sprightly

#### Related terms

* frisk som en fisk
* frisk som en havørn

## Maltese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian friscu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /frɪsk/

### Adjective

frisk (feminine singular friska, plural friski)
* 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
### 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)
* fresh
* keen (e.g. a keen wind)
* well, healthy
* refreshing
* cheerful (e.g. colours)

##### Derived terms

* friske (verb)
* friskhet
* friskne

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

frisk
* imperative of friske

### References

* “frisk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* fresk (dialectal)

### 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: /frɪsk/

### Adjective

frisk (neuter singular friskt, definite singular and plural friske, comparative friskare, indefinite superlative friskast, definite superlative friskaste)
* fresh
* keen (e.g. a keen wind)
* well, healthy
* refreshing
* 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
* fresh

## Swedish
### Etymology 1

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.

#### Alternative forms

* friisk, frijsk, frysk, fresk, frisch (all obsolete)

#### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪsk

#### Adjective

frisk (comparative friskare, superlative friskast)
* healthy; not sick
* fresh; refreshing
    friska luften
       (the) fresh air

##### Declension

$^1$ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. $^2$ Dated or archaic. $^3$ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Adjective

frisk
* Obsolete form of frisisk (“Frisian”).