friso
Portuguese, noun/ˈfɾi.zu/
friso is spelled F-R-I-S-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 47,254th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Friso is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “frieze” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of frisar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “faixa ou tira ao longo de uma parede usada como ornamento”.
What does friso mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefrieze
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of frisar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. faixa ou tira ao longo de uma parede usada como ornamento
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of friso
- frisos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce friso?
- Brazil /ˈfɾi.zu/
- Portugal /ˈfɾi.zu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to friso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is friso in Portuguese?
friso appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).