Faroese
/ˌfɛ(ə)ɹoʊˈiz/adjective, noun
Faroese is an adjective meaning “Of or pertaining to the Faroe Islands, Faroese people or language” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-A-R-O-E-S-E, and it appears about once in every 10 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does Faroese mean?
adjective
- 1
Of or pertaining to the Faroe Islands, Faroese people or language.
noun
- 1
A person from the Faroe Islands; a Faroe Islander.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce Faroese?
- UK /ˌfɛəɹəʊˈiːz/
- US /ˌfɛ(ə)ɹoʊˈiz/
- US /fæɹoʊˈiz/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Faroese.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of Faroese
- Faeroese
- Færoese
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is Faroese?
Faroese appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 93,703rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Faroese in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | féroïen, féringien , Féroïen, Féroïenne, Féringien, Féringienne |
| German | färöisch, färingisch , Färinger, Färingerin |
| Portuguese | faroês, feroês, feroico, faroense , faroesa, feroesa |
| Spanish | feroés, faroés , feroesa, faroesa |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does Faroese come from?
From Faroe + -ese, from Faroese Føroyar.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).