Meanings
phrygian1
- Alternative letter-case form of Phrygian
- Alternative letter-case form of Phrygian, in the musical sense
Phrygian2
- not comparableOf or relating to Phrygia, its people, or their culture.
- not comparableWritten or spoken in the Phrygian language.
‘Then one day one of the infants stretched out his little hands to the shepherd and exclaimed bekos, which is the Phrygian word for bread.’
2022, R. F. Kuang, Babel, HarperVoyager, page 114 - not comparableentertainmentIn the Phrygian mode.
plural Phrygians
- The language of the Phrygian people.
- entertainmentPhrygian mode
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna Thraco-Phrygian language spoken by the ancient inhabitants of Phrygia and now extinct — preserved only in a few inscriptions
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰerǵʰ-“to ascend, rise up; to be elevated, up high”
- Ancient GreekΦρῠγῐ́ᾱ“region in Anatolia”
- LatinPhrygiānus
- EnglishPhrygian
From Latin Phrygiānus + English -an (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). Phrygianus is derived from Phrygia + -ānus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’); and Phrygia is from Ancient Greek Φρῠγῐ́ᾱ (Phrŭgĭ́ā, “region in Anatolia”), from Φρῠ́ξ (Phrŭ́x, “person from Phrygia”) (further etymology unknown, possibly from Phrygian or related to Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to ascend, rise up; to be elevated, up high”)) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, suffix forming feminine abstract nouns).
More words from Latin, Ancient Greek, Proto-Indo-European
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek Φρύξ
- Φρύξ (Phrúx)native or inhabitant of Phrygia
Bulgarian фригийски, фригиец
- фригийски (frigijski)of or relating to Phrygia, its people or their culture
- фригиец (frigiec)native or inhabitant of Phrygia
Catalan frigi, frigi
- frigiof or relating to Phrygia, its people or their culture
- friginative or inhabitant of Phrygia
Dutch Frygisch
- Frygischlanguage
Esperanto friĝiano, friĝianino
- friĝianonative or inhabitant of Phrygia
- friĝianinonative or inhabitant of Phrygia
Finnish fryygialainen, fryygialainen
- fryygialainenof or relating to Phrygia, its people or their culture
- fryygialainennative or inhabitant of Phrygia
- fryygialanguage
French Phrygien, Phrygienne
- Phrygiennative or inhabitant of Phrygia
- Phrygiennenative or inhabitant of Phrygia
- phrygienlanguage
German phrygisch, phrygisch
- phrygischof or relating to Phrygia, its people or their culture
- phrygischwritten or spoken in the Phrygian language
- Phrygernative or inhabitant of Phrygia
- Phrygerinnative or inhabitant of Phrygia
- Phrygischlanguage
Greek φρυγικός, Φρύγας
- φρυγικός (frygikós)of or relating to Phrygia, its people or their culture
- Φρύγας (Frýgas)native or inhabitant of Phrygia
- φρυγική (frygikí)language
- φρυγικά (frygiká)language
Hebrew פְרִיגִי
- פְרִיגִי (frigi)of or relating to Phrygia, its people or their culture
Hindi फ्रुगियाई, फ्रुगियाई
- फ्रुगियाई (phrugiyāī)of or relating to Phrygia, its people or their culture
- फ्रुगियाई (phrugiyāī)written or spoken in the Phrygian language
- फ्रुगियाई (phrugiyāī)native or inhabitant of Phrygia
- फ्रुगियाई (phrugiyāī)language
Hungarian fríg, fríg
- frígof or relating to Phrygia, its people or their culture
- frígnative or inhabitant of Phrygia
- fríglanguage
Icelandic frýgískur
- frýgískurof or relating to Phrygia, its people or their culture
Irish Frigiach
- Frigiachof or relating to Phrygia, its people or their culture
Italian frigio
- frigioof or relating to Phrygia, its people or their culture
Polish frygijski, frygijski
- frygijskiof or relating to Phrygia, its people or their culture
- frygijskiwritten or spoken in the Phrygian language
- Frygijczyknative or inhabitant of Phrygia
- Frygijkanative or inhabitant of Phrygia
- język frygijskilanguage
Portuguese frígio, frígio
- frígioof or relating to Phrygia, its people or their culture
- frígionative or inhabitant of Phrygia
- frígiolanguage
Russian фриги́йский, фриги́йский
- фриги́йский (frigíjskij)of or relating to Phrygia, its people or their culture
- фриги́йский (frigíjskij)written or spoken in the Phrygian language
- фриги́ец (frigíjec)native or inhabitant of Phrygia
- фриги́йка (frigíjka)native or inhabitant of Phrygia
- фриги́йский (frigíjskij)language
Spanish frigio, frigio
- frigioof or relating to Phrygia, its people or their culture
- frigionative or inhabitant of Phrygia
- frigiolanguage
Cite this entry
phrygian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phrygian
“phrygian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phrygian. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “phrygian,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phrygian.
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