Phrase guide

West Frisian

adj · name · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or pertaining to Friesland.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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adj

Meaning 2

Of or pertaining to West Friesland.

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Usage: not-comparable

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3

name

Meaning 3

A language spoken mostly in the province of Friesland, in the north of the Netherlands; one of the Frisian languages (or language varieties).

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Synonyms: Western Frisian

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name

Meaning 4

A Dutch dialect spoken in West Friesland in the province of North Holland, historically influenced by Frisian.

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noun

Meaning 5

An inhabitant of this region.

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Across languages

Translations

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: frisó occidental — language spoken in Friesland
  • Chinese Mandarin: 弗里西亞語 /弗里西亚语 (Fúlǐxīyà yǔ) — language spoken in Friesland
  • Dutch: Westerlauwers Fries — language spoken in Friesland
  • Esperanto: okcidentfrisa lingvo — language spoken in Friesland
  • Faroese: vesturfrísiskt — language spoken in Friesland
  • Finnish: länsifriisi — language spoken in Friesland
  • French: frison occidental — language spoken in Friesland
  • North Frisian: Weestfrasch — language spoken in Friesland
  • Saterland Frisian: Wäästfräisk — language spoken in Friesland
  • West-Frisian: Westerlauwersk Frysk — language spoken in Friesland
  • West-Frisian: Westfrysk — language spoken in Friesland
  • West-Frisian: West-Frysk — language spoken in Friesland
  • West-Frisian: Frysk — language spoken in Friesland
  • Georgian: დასავლეთფრიზიული (dasavletpriziuli) — language spoken in Friesland
  • Georgian: დასავლეთფრიზიული ენა (dasavletpriziuli ena) — language spoken in Friesland
  • German: Westfriesisch — language spoken in Friesland
  • Icelandic: vesturfrísneska — language spoken in Friesland
  • Irish: Freaslainnis — language spoken in Friesland
  • Irish: Freaslainnis an Iarthir — language spoken in Friesland
  • Irish: Freaslainnis Iartharach — language spoken in Friesland
  • Italian: frisone occidentale — language spoken in Friesland
  • Japanese: 西フリジア語 (Nishi-furijia-go) — language spoken in Friesland
  • Japanese: フリジア語 (Furijia-go) — language spoken in Friesland
  • Limburgish: Wèsfriesj — language spoken in Friesland
  • Low German: Westfreesch — language spoken in Friesland
  • Polish: (język) zachodniofryzyjski — language spoken in Friesland
  • Portuguese: frísio — language spoken in Friesland
  • Portuguese: frisão — language spoken in Friesland
  • Russian: западнофри́зский (zapadnofrízskij) — language spoken in Friesland
  • Russian: фри́зский (frízskij) — language spoken in Friesland
  • Scots: Wast Frisian — language spoken in Friesland
  • Scots: Wastren Frisian — language spoken in Friesland
  • Spanish: frisón occidental — language spoken in Friesland
  • Spanish: frisio occidental — language spoken in Friesland
  • Swedish: västfrisiska — language spoken in Friesland
  • Dutch: West-Fries — the Western Frisian dialect of Dutch
  • Finnish: länsifriisiläinen murre — the Western Frisian dialect of Dutch
  • West-Frisian: Westfrysk — the Western Frisian dialect of Dutch
  • Galician: frisón occidental — the Western Frisian dialect of Dutch
  • Georgian: დასავლეთფრიზიული (dasavletpriziuli) — the Western Frisian dialect of Dutch
  • Italian: frisone occidentale — the Western Frisian dialect of Dutch
  • Polish: zachodniofryzyjski — the Western Frisian dialect of Dutch
  • Russian: западнофри́зский (zapadnofrízskij) — the Western Frisian dialect of Dutch
  • Spanish: frisón occidental — the Western Frisian dialect of Dutch