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From Middle English fressh, from Old English fersċ (“fresh, pure, sweet”), from Proto-West Germanic *frisk (“fresh”), from Proto-Germanic *friskaz (“fresh”), from Proto-Indo-European *preysk- (“fresh”). The verb is from Middle English freshen (“to freshen”), from the adjective. Cognate with Scots fresch (“fresh”), West Frisian farsk (“fresh”), Dutch vers (“fresh”), Walloon frexh (“fresh”), German frisch (“fresh”), French frais (“fresh”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk frisk (“fresh”), Swedish frisk (“well, fresh”), Icelandic ferskur (“fresh”), Lithuanian prėskas (“unflavoured, tasteless, fresh”), Russian пре́сный (présnyj, “sweet, fresh, unleavened, tasteless”). Doublet of fresco and frisk. Slang sense possibly shortened form of “fresh out the pack”, 1980s routine by Grand Wizzard Theodore.

First use appears c. 1848, US slang, probably from German frech (“impudent, cheeky, insolent”), from Middle High German vrech (“bold, brave, lively”), from Old High German freh (“greedy, eager, avaricious, covetous”), from Proto-West Germanic *frek, from Proto-Germanic *frekaz (“greedy, outrageous, courageous, capable, active”), from Proto-Indo-European *preg- (“to be quick, twitch, sprinkle, splash”). Cognate with Old English frec (“greedy; eager, bold, daring; dangerous”) and Danish fræk (“naughty”). More at freak.

Possibly an Americanized form of German Frisch.

312 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: freskët — newly produced or obtained
• Arabic: طَازَج (ṭāzaj) — newly produced or obtained
• Arabic: طَازَة (ṭāza) — newly produced or obtained
• Arabic: طَرِيّ (ṭariyy) — newly produced or obtained
• Arabic: طَازَة (ṭāza) — newly produced or obtained
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܬܵܙܵܐ (taza) — newly produced or obtained
• Armenian: թարմ (tʻarm) — newly produced or obtained
• Aromanian: proaspit — newly produced or obtained
• Assamese: সতেজ (xotez) — newly produced or obtained
• Assamese: তাজা (taza) — newly produced or obtained
• Assamese: জীয়া (zia) — newly produced or obtained
• Assamese: ন (no) — newly produced or obtained
• Asturian: frescu — newly produced or obtained
• Azerbaijani: təzə — newly produced or obtained
• Belarusian: све́жы (svjéžy) — newly produced or obtained
• Bengali: তাজা (taja) — newly produced or obtained
• Bhojpuri: ताजा (tājā) — newly produced or obtained
• Breton: fresk — newly produced or obtained
• Bulgarian: свеж (svež) — newly produced or obtained
• Burmese: ကောင်း (kaung:) — newly produced or obtained
• Burmese: လန်း (lan:) — newly produced or obtained
• Catalan: fresc — newly produced or obtained
• Chamicuro: peswatalo — newly produced or obtained
• Chechen: керла (kerla) — newly produced or obtained
• Cherokee: ᎢᏤᎢ (itsei) — newly produced or obtained
• Chinese Mandarin: 新鮮 /新鲜 (xīnxiān) — newly produced or obtained
• Chinese Mandarin: 新的 (xīn de) — newly produced or obtained
• Chinese Mandarin: 新穎的 /新颖的 (xīnyǐng de) — newly produced or obtained
• Cornish: yr — newly produced or obtained
• Czech: svěží — newly produced or obtained
• Danish: frisk — newly produced or obtained
• Danish: ny — newly produced or obtained
• Dutch: vers — newly produced or obtained
• Dutch: nieuw — newly produced or obtained
• Esperanto: freŝa — newly produced or obtained
• Estonian: värske — newly produced or obtained
• Estonian: verivärske — newly produced or obtained
• Estonian: uhiuus — newly produced or obtained
• Faroese: feskur — newly produced or obtained
• Faroese: góður — newly produced or obtained
• Faroese: óspiltur — newly produced or obtained
• Finnish: tuore — newly produced or obtained
• Finnish: veres — newly produced or obtained
• Finnish: uusi — newly produced or obtained
• French: nouveau — newly produced or obtained
• Galician: fresco — newly produced or obtained
• Georgian: ახალი (axali) — newly produced or obtained
• German: frisch — newly produced or obtained
• Greek: πρόσφατος (prósfatos) — newly produced or obtained
• Greek: νέος (néos) — newly produced or obtained
• Greek: φρέσκος (fréskos) — newly produced or obtained
• Hebrew: טָרִי (tarí) — newly produced or obtained
• Hindi: ताज़ा (tāzā) — newly produced or obtained
• Hungarian: friss — newly produced or obtained
• Hungarian: új — newly produced or obtained
• Icelandic: ferskur — newly produced or obtained
• Ido: fresha — newly produced or obtained
• Indonesian: segar — newly produced or obtained
• Ingrian: värski — newly produced or obtained
• Irish: úr — newly produced or obtained
• Italian: nuovo — newly produced or obtained
• Italian: recente — newly produced or obtained
• Japanese: 新鮮な (shinsen na) — newly produced or obtained
• Kabuverdianu: bisós — newly produced or obtained
• Kabuverdianu: visoze — newly produced or obtained
• Karakhanid: ياشْ (yāš) — newly produced or obtained
• Kazakh: жаңа (jaña) — newly produced or obtained
• Kazakh: таза (taza) — newly produced or obtained
• Khmer: ស្រស់ (srɑh) — newly produced or obtained
• Korean: 신선한 (sinseon-han) — newly produced or obtained
• Central Kurdish: تازە (taze) — newly produced or obtained
• Northern Kurdish: ter — newly produced or obtained
• Northern Kurdish: teze — newly produced or obtained
• Kyrgyz: жаңы (jaŋı) — newly produced or obtained
• Kyrgyz: таза (taza) — newly produced or obtained
• Lao: ສົດ (sot) — newly produced or obtained
• Latgalian: svīžs — newly produced or obtained
• Latin: recēns — newly produced or obtained
• Latvian: svaigs — newly produced or obtained
• Lithuanian: sviežias — newly produced or obtained
• Livonian: priš — newly produced or obtained
• Luxembourgish: frësch — newly produced or obtained
• Macedonian: свеж (svež) — newly produced or obtained
• Macedonian: тазе (taze) — newly produced or obtained
• Malay: segar — newly produced or obtained
• Megleno-Romanian: proaspit — newly produced or obtained
• Mongolian: шинэ (šine) — newly produced or obtained
• Nahuatl: yancuic — newly produced or obtained
• Norwegian: fersk — newly produced or obtained
• Occitan: fresc — newly produced or obtained
• Odia: ତଟକା (taṭakā) — newly produced or obtained
• Old Turkic: 𐰖𐰀𐰽 (y1as1) — newly produced or obtained
• Persian: تازه (tâze) — newly produced or obtained
• Plautdietsch: fresch — newly produced or obtained
• Polish: świeży — newly produced or obtained
• Portuguese: fresco — newly produced or obtained
• Punjabi: ਸੱਜਰਾ (sajjarā) — newly produced or obtained
• Punjabi: ਤਾਜ਼ਾ (tāzā) — newly produced or obtained
• Punjabi: سَجّرا (sajjrā) — newly produced or obtained
• Punjabi: تازَہ (tāzah) — newly produced or obtained
• Romanian: proaspăt — newly produced or obtained
• Russian: све́жий (svéžij) — newly produced or obtained
• Scottish Gaelic: ùr — newly produced or obtained
• Serbo-Croatian: све̏ж — newly produced or obtained
• Serbo-Croatian: svȅž — newly produced or obtained
• Sicilian: friscu — newly produced or obtained
• Sicilian: novu — newly produced or obtained
• Slovak: svieži — newly produced or obtained
• Slovene: sveži — newly produced or obtained
• Spanish: nuevo — newly produced or obtained
• Swedish: fräsch — newly produced or obtained
• Tajik: тоза (toza) — newly produced or obtained
• Telugu: సరికొత్త (sarikotta) — newly produced or obtained
• Thai: สด (sòt) — newly produced or obtained
• Tibetan: སོས་པ (sos pa) — newly produced or obtained
• Tonga (Zambia): tete — newly produced or obtained
• Turkish: taze — newly produced or obtained
• Turkmen: täze — newly produced or obtained
• Ukrainian: сві́жий (svížyj) — newly produced or obtained
• Urdu: تَازَہ (tāza) — newly produced or obtained
• Uzbek: toza — newly produced or obtained
• Venetan: novo — newly produced or obtained
• Venetan: fresco — newly produced or obtained
• Vietnamese: tươi — newly produced or obtained
• Vietnamese: mới — newly produced or obtained
• Welsh: newydd — newly produced or obtained
• Welsh: ffres — newly produced or obtained
• Welsh: ir — newly produced or obtained
• Yiddish: פֿריש (frish) — newly produced or obtained
• Albanian: freskët — (of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܬܵܙܵܐ (taza) — (of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled
• Armenian: թարմ (tʻarm) — (of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled
• Bulgarian: свеж (svež) — (of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled
• Bulgarian: пресен (presen) — (of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled
• Catalan: fresc — (of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled
• Chamicuro: peswatalo — (of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled
• Chinese Mandarin: 新鮮 /新鲜 (xīnxiān) — (of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled
• Chinese Mandarin: 鮮的 /鲜的 — (of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled
• Chinese Mandarin: 鱻的 /鲜的 (xiān de) — (of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled
• Cornish: yr — (of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled
• Czech: čerstvý — (of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled
• Danish: frisk — (of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled
• Dutch: vers — (of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled
• Estonian: toore — (of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled
• Estonian: toor- — (of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled
• Estonian: värske — (of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled
• Estonian: uus — (of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled
• Estonian: rõõsk — (of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled
• Estonian: noor- — (of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled
• Faroese: feskur — (of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled
• Finnish: tuore — (of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled
• French: frais — (of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled
• Galician: fresco — (of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled
• German: frisch — (of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled
• Greek: νωπός (nopós) — (of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled
• Greek: φρέσκος (fréskos) — (of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled
• Greek: χλωρός (chlorós) — (of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled
• Hebrew: טרי (tarí) — (of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled
• Hungarian: friss — (of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled
• Ido: fresha — (of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled
• Ingrian: viherä — (of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled
• Ingrian: värski — (of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled
• Irish: úr — (of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled
• Italian: fresco — (of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled
• Japanese: 新鮮な (shinsen na) — (of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled
• Korean: 신선한 (sinseon-han) — (of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled
• Central Kurdish: تازە (taze) — (of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled
• Latin: mustus — (of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled
• Latin: recēns — (of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled
• Latvian: svaigs — (of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled
• Lithuanian: šviežias — (of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled
• Macedonian: свеж (svež) — (of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled
• Macedonian: тазе (taze) — (of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled
• Mauritian Creole: fre — (of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled
• Norman: frais — (of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled
• Persian: تازه (tâze) — (of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled
• Portuguese: fresco — (of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled
• Russian: све́жий (svéžij) — (of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled
• Scots: caller — (of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled
• Sicilian: friscu — (of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled
• Slovene: svež — (of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled
• Lower Sorbian: fryšny — (of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled
• Upper Sorbian: čerstwy — (of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled
• Spanish: fresco — (of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled
• Spanish: hodierno — (of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled
• Swedish: färsk — (of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled
• Telugu: తాజా (tājā) — (of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled
• Thai: สด (sòt) — (of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled
• Turkish: taze — (of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled
• Ukrainian: сві́жий (svížyj) — (of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled
• Venetan: fresco — (of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled
• Welsh: newydd — (of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled
• Welsh: ffres — (of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled
• Welsh: ir — (of food) not dried, frozen, or spoiled
• Armenian: թարմացնող (tʻarmacʻnoġ) — refreshing or cool
• Armenian: զով (zov) — refreshing or cool
• Catalan: fresc — refreshing or cool
• Chinese Mandarin: 爽的 (shuāng de) — refreshing or cool
• Czech: svěží — refreshing or cool
• Czech: osvěžující — refreshing or cool
• Danish: forfriskende — refreshing or cool
• Dutch: fris — refreshing or cool
• Estonian: värske — refreshing or cool
• Estonian: karske — refreshing or cool
• Estonian: verev — refreshing or cool
• Faroese: frískur — refreshing or cool
• Finnish: raikas — refreshing or cool
• Finnish: raitis — refreshing or cool
• French: frais — refreshing or cool
• French: rafraichissant — refreshing or cool
• Galician: fresco — refreshing or cool
• German: frisch — refreshing or cool
• Greek: δροσερός (droserós) — refreshing or cool
• Haitian Creole: fre — refreshing or cool
• Hebrew: מְרַעֲנֵן — refreshing or cool
• Hungarian: friss — refreshing or cool
• Hungarian: üde — refreshing or cool
• Hungarian: hűs — refreshing or cool
• Hungarian: frissítő — refreshing or cool
• Hungarian: hűsítő — refreshing or cool
• Ido: fresha — refreshing or cool
• Indonesian: segar — refreshing or cool
• Ingrian: siiva — refreshing or cool
• Italian: fresco — refreshing or cool
• Italian: refrigerante — refreshing or cool
• Central Kurdish: تازە (taze) — refreshing or cool
• Latvian: spirgts — refreshing or cool
• Latvian: svaigs — refreshing or cool
• Macedonian: свеж (svež) — refreshing or cool
• Malay: nyaman — refreshing or cool
• Mauritian Creole: fre — refreshing or cool
• Norman: frais — refreshing or cool
• Occitan: fresc — refreshing or cool
• Papiamentu: fresku — refreshing or cool
• Persian: تازه (tâze) — refreshing or cool
• Portuguese: refrescante — refreshing or cool
• Russian: све́жий (svéžij) — refreshing or cool
• Scottish Gaelic: fionnar — refreshing or cool
• Serbo-Croatian: свје̏ж — refreshing or cool
• Serbo-Croatian: освјежавајућ — refreshing or cool
• Serbo-Croatian: svjȅž — refreshing or cool
• Serbo-Croatian: osvježavajuć — refreshing or cool
• Spanish: fresco — refreshing or cool
• Spanish: refrescante — refreshing or cool
• Swedish: frisk — refreshing or cool
• Tarantino: frische — refreshing or cool
• Telugu: శీతలీకరించిన (śītalīkariñcina) — refreshing or cool
• Thai: สดชื่น (sòt chêun) — refreshing or cool
• Ottoman Turkish: سرین (serin) — refreshing or cool
• Ottoman Turkish: قریر (karir) — refreshing or cool
• Venetan: fresco — refreshing or cool
• Arabic: عَذْب (ʕaḏb) — without salt
• Armenian: քաղցրահամ (kʻaġcʻraham) — without salt
• Bulgarian: сладък (sladǎk) — without salt
• Chinese Mandarin: 無鹽 /无盐 (wú yán) — without salt
• Danish: fersk — without salt
• Dutch: zoet — without salt
• Estonian: mage — without salt
• Estonian: soolatu — without salt
• Finnish: makea — without salt
• French: doux — without salt
• Greek: γλυκός (glykós) — without salt
• Greek: πόσιμος (pósimos) — without salt
• Hebrew: מתוק (matók) — without salt
• Hungarian: édes — without salt
• Italian: dolce — without salt
• Macedonian: пресен (presen) — without salt
• Macedonian: слатково́ден (slatkovóden) — without salt
• Persian: شیرین (širin) — without salt
• Polish: słodki — without salt
• Portuguese: doce — without salt
• Russian: пре́сный (présnyj) — without salt
• Sicilian: duci — without salt
• Spanish: simple — without salt
• Spanish: dulce — without salt
• Swedish: färsk — without salt
• Swedish: färsk- — without salt
• Thai: จืด (jʉ̀ʉt) — without salt
• Venetan: desavio — without salt
• Spanish: flamante — good, fashionable
• Bulgarian: дързък (dǎrzǎk) — rude or inappropriate
• Bulgarian: самонадеян (samonadejan) — rude or inappropriate
• Catalan: fresc — rude or inappropriate
• Catalan: fresca — rude or inappropriate
• Danish: fræk — rude or inappropriate
• Dutch: onbeschoft — rude or inappropriate
• Dutch: onbeleefd — rude or inappropriate
• Dutch: grof — rude or inappropriate
• Dutch: onbehoorlijk — rude or inappropriate
• Finnish: röyhkeä — rude or inappropriate
• French: frais — rude or inappropriate
• German: frech — rude or inappropriate
• Greek: θρασύς (thrasýs) — rude or inappropriate
• Greek: αναιδής (anaidís) — rude or inappropriate
• Hebrew: חצוף (khatsúf) — rude or inappropriate
• Italian: sfacciato — rude or inappropriate
• Italian: sfiacciata — rude or inappropriate
• Macedonian: груб (grub) — rude or inappropriate
• Macedonian: дрзок (drzok) — rude or inappropriate
• Macedonian: безобразен (bezobrazen) — rude or inappropriate
• Portuguese: grosseiro — rude or inappropriate
• Portuguese: rude — rude or inappropriate
• Portuguese: mal-educado — rude or inappropriate
• Russian: гру́бый (grúbyj) — rude or inappropriate
• Russian: наха́льный (naxálʹnyj) — rude or inappropriate
• Russian: на́глый (náglyj) — rude or inappropriate
• Spanish: grosero — rude or inappropriate
• Spanish: fresco — rude or inappropriate
• Spanish: descarado — rude or inappropriate
• Spanish: maleducado — rude or inappropriate
• Spanish: faltón — rude or inappropriate
• Telugu: ముడిగా (muḍigā) — rude or inappropriate