Standard Lemma guide

Frisco

name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɪskəʊ̯/
  • Received-Pronunciation: [ˈfɹwɪskəʊ̯]
  • General-American: /ˈfɹɪskoʊ̯/
  • General-American: [ˈfɹwɪskoʊ̯]
  • Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɪskəʊ
  • CMU ARPABET: F R IY1 S K OW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

Nickname for San Francisco: a major city in California, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A city in Texas, United States, within the greater Dallas–Fort Worth area.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Synonym of frisk (“brisk and lively movement”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: frisk

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Abbreviation of San Francisco through shortening by omission of syllables. “Frisco City” was chosen as the name of the Texas city by its residents in 1904 in honor of the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway that was being built through the area, commonly called “the Frisco”.

Perhaps a blend of frisk (“brisk and lively movement”) + Italian fresco.