West Frisian

English

Adjective

West Frisian (not comparable)

Of or pertaining to Friesland.
(in the Netherlands) Of or pertaining to West Friesland.

Proper noun

West Frisian

A language spoken mostly in the province of Friesland, in the north of the Netherlands; one of the Frisian languages (or language varieties).
- Synonym: Western Frisian
(in the Netherlands) A Dutch dialect spoken in West Friesland in the province of North Holland, historically influenced by Frisian.

Usage notes

The lects West Frisian, East Frisian and North Frisian are sometimes considered dialects of a single Frisian language, but more often they are considered a group of three independent languages.

Translations

language spoken in Friesland

Catalan: frisó occidental (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 弗里西亞語／弗里西亚语 (Fúlǐxīyà yǔ)
Dutch: West-Fries (nl) n, Westerlauwers Fries n
Esperanto: okcidentfrisa lingvo
Faroese: vesturfrísiskt (fo) n
Finnish: länsifriisi
French: frison occidental (fr) m
Galician: frisón (gl) m
Georgian: დასავლეთფრიზიული (dasavletpriziuli), დასავლეთფრიზიული ენა (dasavletpriziuli ena)
German: Westfriesisch (de) n
Irish: Freaslainnis f, Freaslainnis an Iarthir f, Freaslainnis Iartharach f
Italian: frisone occidentale m
Japanese: 西フリジア語 (ja) (Nishi-furijia-go), フリジア語 (ja) (Furijia-go)
Latin: frisice occidentalis m
Limburgish: Wèsfriesj n
North Frisian: Weestfrasch
Polish: (język) zachodniofryzyjski m
Portuguese: frísio (pt) m, frisão (pt) m
Russian: западнофри́зский m (zapadnofrízskij) (язы́к), фри́зский (ru) m (frízskij) (язы́к)
Scots: Wast Frisian, Wastren Frisian
Spanish: frisón occidental m, frisio occidental m
Swedish: västfrisiska (sv) c
West Frisian: Westerlauwersk Frysk n, Westfrysk n, West-Frysk n, Frysk (fy) n (common name)

the Western Frisian dialect of Dutch

Dutch: West-Fries (nl)
Finnish: länsifriisiläinen murre
Galician: frisón occidental
Georgian: დასავლეთფრიზიული (dasavletpriziuli)
Italian: frisone occidentale m
Polish: zachodniofryzyjski m
Russian: западнофри́зский m (zapadnofrízskij) (язы́к)
Spanish: frisón occidental
West Frisian: Westfrysk n

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

French: ^{(please verify)} frison (fr) m
Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} frísneska (is) f
Swedish: ^{(please verify)} frisiska (sv) c