Fries

The town was named after a prominent cotton-mill owner, Francis Henry Fries.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɹiːz/

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• Rhymes: -iːz
• Homophones: frees, frieze

Fries

1. A surname​.
2. A town in Virginia.

• fiers, fires, serif

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From Middle Dutch Friese, but also Vriese, Vrese, from Old Dutch *Frieso, probably via Old Saxon *Frēso. Borrowed and re-borrowed, at varying times in history, from Old Frisian Frēsa, Frīsa (modern West Frisian Fries).

Initial v- is expected from natural development from Old Dutch, in which voicing of initial f- to v- occurs naturally. The modern form with f- is probably influenced by the Frisian endonym. However, the original voiced consonant is retained in the common surname de Vries.

Fries m (plural Friezen, diminutive Friesje n, feminine Friese)

1. a Frisian, member of a Germanic people; speaker of their language
2. a West Frisian specifically
3. Short form for various names relating to Friesland or Frisians, such as the bovine race.

In the Netherlands, Fries most often refers implicitly to the Frisians that Dutch people are most familiar with, the West Frisians.

• Friesland

From Fries +‎ -s.

Fries (comparative Frieser, superlative meest Fries or Friest)

1. Frisian (any member of the Frisian people)
2. West Frisian specifically (of the Frisian part of the Netherlands)

• Noordfries
• Oostfries
• Westfries
• Westerlauwers Fries
• Friese ruiter

Fries n

1. Frisian (any of the Frisian languages)
2. specifically, West Frisian

Borrowed from French frise.

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Fries m (genitive Frieses, plural Friese)

1. frieze (sculptured or richly ornamented band)

• Fries in Duden online

• IPA^(key): /friə̯s/

Fries c (plural Friezen)

1. Frisian person

• “Fries (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011