Faroese

Faroese

See also: faroese

English

Alternative forms

• Faeroese
• Færoese

Etymology

From Faroe +‎ -ese, from Faroese Føroyar.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌfɛəɹəʊˈiːz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌfɛ(ə)ɹoʊˈiz/, /fæɹoʊˈiz/
• Rhymes: -iːz

Adjective

Faroese (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the Faroe Islands, Faroese people or Faroese language.

Synonyms

• Faroe
• Faroish

Translations

pertaining to the Faro Islands, people or language

Armenian: ֆարերյան (fareryan) Asturian: feroés (ast) Belarusian: фарэ́рскі m (farérski) Catalan: feroès (ca) Valencian: feroés (ca) Czech: faerský Danish: færøsk (da) Dutch: Faeröers (nl) Faroese: føroyskur Finnish: fäärinkielinen, färsaarelainen (fi) French: féroïen (fr) Galician: feroés (gl) German: färöisch (de), färingisch (de) Icelandic: færeyskur (is) Irish: Faróch Italian: faroese (it), faroense Kazakh: фарерлік (farerlık) Latin: Faroensis, Færoensis Norwegian: Bokmål: færøysk (no) Nynorsk: færøysk (nn) Old Norse: færeyskr Portuguese: feroês (pt) m Romanian: feroez, faroez Russian: фаре́рский (ru) (farérskij) Scottish Gaelic: Fàrothach Slovak: faerský Slovene: ferski (sl) Spanish: faroés Swedish: färöisk (sv) Uzbek: farencha, faren (uz)

Noun

Faroese (countable and uncountable, plural Faroese)

1. (countable) A person from the Faroe Islands, Faroe Islander or Faeroe Islander
2. (uncountable) The language of the Faroe Islands, closely related to Icelandic, and more distantly to Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish

Usage notes

As with other nationalities formed with -ese, the countable singular noun in reference to a person (as in "I am a Faroese", "writing about Faroese cuisine as a Faroese") is uncommon and often taken as incorrect. In its place, the adjective is used, by itself (as in "I am Faroese") or with a word like person, man, or woman ("writing about Faroese cuisine as a Faroese person").

Synonyms

• Faroish
• (person): Faroe Islander

Translations

person from the Faroe Islands

Armenian: ֆարերցի (farercʿi) Asturian: feroés (ast) m Catalan: feroès (ca) m, feroesa (ca) f Valencian: feroés (ca) m, feroesa (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 法羅人／法罗人 (zh) (Fǎluó rén) Czech: Faeřan m Danish: færing (da) c Dutch: Faeröerder (nl) m, Faeröerse (nl) f Faroese: føroyingur m Finnish: färsaarelainen (fi) French: Féroïen (fr) m, Féringien (fr) m, Féroïenne (fr) f, Féringienne (fr) f Galician: feroés (gl) m, feroesa f German: Färinger (de) m, Färingerin (de) f Greenlandic: savalimmiormioq Icelandic: Færeyingur (is) m Irish: Faróch m, Faróigh m pl Italian: faroese (it) m or f Kazakh: фарерлік (farerlık) Norwegian: Bokmål: færøying m Nynorsk: færøying (nn) m Old Norse: færeyingr m Portuguese: feroês (pt) m Romanian: feroez m, feroeză f, faroez m, faroeză f Russian: фаре́рец (ru) m (farérec), фаре́рка f (farérka) Scottish Gaelic: Fàrothach m Slovak: Faerčan m Spanish: faroés m, feroés (es) m Swedish: (male) färing (sv) c, (female) färöiska (sv)

language

Amharic: ፋሮኛ (faroña) Aragonese: feroés m Armenian: ֆարերեն (hy) (fareren), ֆերոյերեն (hy) (feroyeren), ֆարյորերեն (hy) (faryoreren) Asturian: feroés (ast) m Basque: faroera (eu) Belarusian: фарэ́рская мо́ва (farérskaja móva), фарэ́рская (farérskaja) Breton: Faeroeg Catalan: feroès (ca) m Valencian: feroés (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 法羅語／法罗语 (zh) (Fǎluó yǔ) Czech: faerština (cs) Danish: færøsk (da) Dutch: Faeröers (nl) n Estonian: fääri keel Faroese: føroyskt (fo) Finnish: fääri (fi) French: féroïen (fr) Galician: feroés (gl) German: Färöisch (de) n Greenlandic: savalimmiormiutut Hungarian: feröeri (hu) Icelandic: færeyska (is) f Inari Sami: fäärkielâ Indonesian: Faro Irish: Faróis f Italian: faroese (it) m, faroico m, faroense m, faringio m, feringio m Japanese: フェロー語 (ja) (Ferō-go) Korean: 파로스어 (Paroseueo) Latvian: farēru Limburgish: Faeruuer (li) n Lithuanian: farerų (lt) Maltese: Fawriż Manx: Faaroish Marathi: फारोईझ (phāroījh) Moksha: фарерань (fareranʹ) Nepali: फारोइज (phāroij) Northern Sami: fearagiella Norwegian: Bokmål: færøysk (no) m Nynorsk: færøysk (nn) m Polish: farerski (pl) Portuguese: faroês, feroês (pt) Romanian: feroeză, faroeză Russian: фаре́рский (ru) (farérskij) Scottish Gaelic: Fàrothais f Slovak: faerčina Sorbian: Ferejšćina Spanish: faroés m, feroés (es) m Swedish: färöiska (sv) c Thai: ภาษาแฟโร (paasăa fâeroh) Turkish: Faroece Ukrainian: фарерський (farersʹkyj) Urdu: فیروئیز‎ (feroīz) Uzbek: farencha Walloon: Faerowès Welsh: Ffaroes

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Faroese terms

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code fo, ISO 639-3 code fao (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Faroese, fao ⁠

Anagrams

• Faeroes