West Frisian

adjective

Of or pertaining to Friesland.

Meanings

adjectiveWest Frisian (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or pertaining to Friesland.
  2. not comparableOf or pertaining to West Friesland.
nounWest Frisian (plural West Frisians)

plural West Frisians

  1. An inhabitant of this region.
proper noun
  1. A language spoken mostly in the province of Friesland, in the north of the Netherlands; one of the Frisian languages (or language varieties).

    Synonyms: Western Frisian

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

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Translations

Catalan frisó occidental
  • frisó occidentallanguage spoken in Friesland
Chinese Mandarin 弗里西亞語 /弗里西亚语
  • 弗里西亞語 /弗里西亚语 (Fúlǐxīyà yǔ)language spoken in Friesland
Dutch Westerlauwers Fries, West-Fries
  • Westerlauwers Frieslanguage spoken in Friesland
  • West-Friesthe Western Frisian dialect of Dutch
Esperanto okcidentfrisa lingvo
  • okcidentfrisa lingvolanguage spoken in Friesland
Finnish länsifriisi, länsifriisiläinen murre
  • länsifriisilanguage spoken in Friesland
  • länsifriisiläinen murrethe Western Frisian dialect of Dutch
French frison occidental
  • frison occidentallanguage spoken in Friesland
German westfriesisch, Westfriesisch
  • westfriesischTranslations
  • Westfriesischlanguage spoken in Friesland
Icelandic vesturfrísneska
  • vesturfrísneskalanguage spoken in Friesland
Irish Freaslainnis, Freaslainnis an Iarthir
  • Freaslainnislanguage spoken in Friesland
  • Freaslainnis an Iarthirlanguage spoken in Friesland
  • Freaslainnis Iartharachlanguage spoken in Friesland
Italian frisone occidentale, frisone occidentale
  • frisone occidentalelanguage spoken in Friesland
  • frisone occidentalethe Western Frisian dialect of Dutch
Japanese 西フリジア語, フリジア語
  • 西フリジア語 (Nishi-furijia-go)language spoken in Friesland
  • フリジア語 (Furijia-go)language spoken in Friesland
Polish zachodniofryzyjski, język zachodniofryzyjski
  • zachodniofryzyjskiTranslations
  • język zachodniofryzyjskilanguage spoken in Friesland
  • dialekt zachodniofryzyjskithe Western Frisian dialect of Dutch
Portuguese frísio, frisão
  • frísiolanguage spoken in Friesland
  • frisãolanguage spoken in Friesland
Russian западнофри́зский, фри́зский
  • западнофри́зский (zapadnofrízskij)language spoken in Friesland
  • фри́зский (frízskij)language spoken in Friesland
  • западнофри́зский (zapadnofrízskij)the Western Frisian dialect of Dutch
Spanish frisón occidental, frisio occidental
  • frisón occidentallanguage spoken in Friesland
  • frisio occidentallanguage spoken in Friesland
  • frisón occidentalthe Western Frisian dialect of Dutch
Swedish västfrisiska
  • västfrisiskalanguage spoken in Friesland
Cite this entry
APA

West Frisian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/West%20Frisian

MLA

“West Frisian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/West%20Frisian. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “West Frisian,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/West%20Frisian.

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