"frizz" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /fɹɪz/ Audio: en-us-frizz.ogg [US] Forms: frizzes [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪz Etymology: From Middle English fryse, from the verb. See above. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fryse}} Middle English fryse Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} frizz (countable and uncountable, plural frizzes)
  1. A mass of tightly curled or unruly hair. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Hair Translations (mass of hair): къдрица (kǎdrica) (Bulgarian), kudrliny [feminine, plural] (Czech), takku (Finnish), Krause [feminine] (German), baranek [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-frizz-en-noun-qDbO4bfk Disambiguation of Hair: 15 32 30 14 5 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: friz [dated]
Etymology number: 2

Verb [English]

IPA: /fɹɪz/ Audio: en-us-frizz.ogg [US] Forms: frizzes [present, singular, third-person], frizzing [participle, present], frizzed [participle, past], frizzed [past]
Rhymes: -ɪz Etymology: From Middle English frysen, from Old French friser, frizer (“to frizzle, crisp, curl, ruffle, braid, touch lightly, graze, scratch”), of Proto-Germanic origin, perhaps via Old Frankish *fris (“curl”), from Proto-Germanic *frisaz (“frizzy, curly”). Cognate with Old Frisian frisle, frēsle ("the hair of the head, lock of hair, curl, ringlet"; > North Frisian friessle, fressle (“hair, horse's tail”), West Frisian frisseljen (“braid of hair, braid”)), Old English frīs (“crisped, curled”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|frysen}} Middle English frysen, {{der|en|fro|friser}} Old French friser, {{m|fro|frizer||to frizzle, crisp, curl, ruffle, braid, touch lightly, graze, scratch}} frizer (“to frizzle, crisp, curl, ruffle, braid, touch lightly, graze, scratch”), {{der|en|gem-pro|-}} Proto-Germanic, {{der|en|frk|*fris||curl}} Frankish *fris (“curl”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*frisaz||frizzy, curly}} Proto-Germanic *frisaz (“frizzy, curly”), {{cog|ofs|frisle}} Old Frisian frisle, {{m|ofs|frēsle}} frēsle, {{cog|frr|friessle}} North Frisian friessle, {{m|frr|fressle||hair, horse's tail}} fressle (“hair, horse's tail”), {{cog|fy|frisseljen||braid of hair, braid}} West Frisian frisseljen (“braid of hair, braid”), {{gloss|"the hair of the head, lock of hair, curl, ringlet"; > North Frisian <i class="Latn mention" lang="frr">friessle</i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="frr">fressle</i> (“hair, horse's tail”), West Frisian <i class="Latn mention" lang="fy">frisseljen</i> (“braid of hair, braid”)}} ("the hair of the head, lock of hair, curl, ringlet"; > North Frisian friessle, fressle (“hair, horse's tail”), West Frisian frisseljen (“braid of hair, braid”)), {{cog|ang|frīs||crisped, curled}} Old English frīs (“crisped, curled”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} frizz (third-person singular simple present frizzes, present participle frizzing, simple past and past participle frizzed)
  1. (intransitive) Of hair, to form into a mass of tight curls. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Hair Translations (of hair: to form into a mass of curls): къдря (kǎdrja) (Bulgarian), накъдрям (nakǎdrjam) (Bulgarian), kähertyä (Finnish), kräuseln (German), verwuscheln (German), crêp'ler (Norman)
    Sense id: en-frizz-en-verb-pR7yFjYU Disambiguation of Hair: 15 32 30 14 5 4 Disambiguation of 'of hair: to form into a mass of curls': 60 13 24 2 1
  2. (transitive) To curl; to make frizzy. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Hair Translations (to curl; to make frizzy): nakadeřit [perfective] (Czech), natočit [perfective] (Czech), kähertää (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-frizz-en-verb-vGnwLcgU Disambiguation of Hair: 15 32 30 14 5 4 Disambiguation of 'to curl; to make frizzy': 5 90 0 4 0
  3. To form into little burs, knobs, or tufts, as the nap of cloth. Categories (topical): Hair Translations (to form into little burs, knobs, or tufts, as the nap of cloth): nukkaantua (Finnish), aufrauen (German)
    Sense id: en-frizz-en-verb-QxkQ7jQO Disambiguation of Hair: 15 32 30 14 5 4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 6 6 43 10 4 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 24 7 8 42 14 4 Disambiguation of 'to form into little burs, knobs, or tufts, as the nap of cloth': 9 0 89 1 0
  4. To make (leather) soft and of even thickness by rubbing, as with pumice stone or a blunt instrument. Translations (to make leather soft and of even thickness): pehmittää (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-frizz-en-verb-A3GSbfAn Disambiguation of 'to make leather soft and of even thickness': 2 13 3 81 1
  5. To fry, cook, or sear with a sizzling noise; to sizzle.
    Sense id: en-frizz-en-verb-HHzqkuN4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: friz [dated] Derived forms: frizz up Related terms: friseur, frizzle
Etymology number: 1

Noun [Spanish]

IPA: /ˈfɾiθ/ [Spain], [ˈfɾiθ] [Spain], /ˈfɾis/ [Latin-America], [ˈfɾis] [Latin-America]
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from English frizz. Etymology templates: {{ubor|es|en|frizz}} Unadapted borrowing from English frizz Head templates: {{es-noun|m|-}} frizz m (uncountable)
  1. frizz (of hair) Wikipedia link: Royal Spanish Academy Tags: masculine, uncountable Categories (topical): Hair
    Sense id: en-frizz-es-noun-HBrM27pt Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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      "id": "en-frizz-es-noun-HBrM27pt",
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        [
          "frizz",
          "frizz#English"
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      ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈfɾiθ/",
      "tags": [
        "Spain"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfɾiθ]",
      "tags": [
        "Spain"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɾis/",
      "tags": [
        "Latin-America"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfɾis]",
      "tags": [
        "Latin-America"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "frizz"
}
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    "English nouns",
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    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪz",
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      "word": "frizz up"
    }
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    },
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      },
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        "4": "",
        "5": "curl"
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      "name": "der"
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        "4": "",
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "frisle"
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      "name": "cog"
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    {
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        "1": "ofs",
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      "args": {
        "1": "frr",
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "frr",
        "2": "fressle",
        "3": "",
        "4": "hair, horse's tail"
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      "expansion": "fressle (“hair, horse's tail”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "frisseljen",
        "3": "",
        "4": "braid of hair, braid"
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "\"the hair of the head, lock of hair, curl, ringlet\"; > North Frisian <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"frr\">friessle</i>, <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"frr\">fressle</i> (“hair, horse's tail”), West Frisian <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"fy\">frisseljen</i> (“braid of hair, braid”)"
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      "expansion": "(\"the hair of the head, lock of hair, curl, ringlet\"; > North Frisian friessle, fressle (“hair, horse's tail”), West Frisian frisseljen (“braid of hair, braid”))",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "frīs",
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        "4": "crisped, curled"
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      "name": "cog"
    }
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frizzing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frizzed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frizzed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {},
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "word": "friseur"
    },
    {
      "word": "frizzle"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
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        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of hair, to form into a mass of tight curls."
      ],
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        [
          "hair",
          "hair"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) Of hair, to form into a mass of tight curls."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1937, John Betjeman, Slough",
          "text": "In labour-saving homes, with care, / Their wives frizz out peroxide hair.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To curl; to make frizzy."
      ],
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        [
          "curl",
          "curl"
        ]
      ],
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        "(transitive) To curl; to make frizzy."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To form into little burs, knobs, or tufts, as the nap of cloth."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nap",
          "nap"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To make (leather) soft and of even thickness by rubbing, as with pumice stone or a blunt instrument."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To fry, cook, or sear with a sizzling noise; to sizzle."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sizzle",
          "sizzle"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fɹɪz/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪz"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-frizz.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a2/En-us-frizz.ogg/En-us-frizz.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/En-us-frizz.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
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    {
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "friz"
    }
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kǎdrja",
      "sense": "of hair: to form into a mass of curls",
      "word": "къдря"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nakǎdrjam",
      "sense": "of hair: to form into a mass of curls",
      "word": "накъдрям"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of hair: to form into a mass of curls",
      "word": "kähertyä"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of hair: to form into a mass of curls",
      "word": "kräuseln"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of hair: to form into a mass of curls",
      "word": "verwuscheln"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "of hair: to form into a mass of curls",
      "word": "crêp'ler"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to curl; to make frizzy",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "nakadeřit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to curl; to make frizzy",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "natočit"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to curl; to make frizzy",
      "word": "kähertää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to form into little burs, knobs, or tufts, as the nap of cloth",
      "word": "nukkaantua"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to form into little burs, knobs, or tufts, as the nap of cloth",
      "word": "aufrauen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make leather soft and of even thickness",
      "word": "pehmittää"
    }
  ],
  "word": "frizz"
}

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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
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    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncountable nouns",
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        "3": "fryse"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English fryse",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English fryse, from the verb. See above.",
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    {
      "form": "frizzes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A mass of tightly curled or unruly hair."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "unruly",
          "unruly"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/fɹɪz/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪz"
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-frizz.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a2/En-us-frizz.ogg/En-us-frizz.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/En-us-frizz.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "friz"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kǎdrica",
      "sense": "mass of hair",
      "word": "къдрица"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "mass of hair",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "kudrliny"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "mass of hair",
      "word": "takku"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "mass of hair",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Krause"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "mass of hair",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "baranek"
    }
  ],
  "word": "frizz"
}

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      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "frizz"
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      "expansion": "Unadapted borrowing from English frizz",
      "name": "ubor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Unadapted borrowing from English frizz.",
  "head_templates": [
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        "2": "-"
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    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "frizz"
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  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Requests for translations of Spanish quotations",
        "Rhymes:Spanish/is",
        "Rhymes:Spanish/is/1 syllable",
        "Rhymes:Spanish/iθ",
        "Rhymes:Spanish/iθ/1 syllable",
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        "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Spanish lemmas",
        "Spanish masculine nouns",
        "Spanish nouns",
        "Spanish terms borrowed from English",
        "Spanish terms derived from English",
        "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Spanish terms with quotations",
        "Spanish unadapted borrowings from English",
        "Spanish uncountable nouns",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "2017 November 25, Nural Cokcetin and Shona Blain, “La miel de manuka y sus beneficios: qué es, sus mitos y verdades”, in CNN",
          "text": "La miel de manuka, aparentemente, también puede aumentar la energía, \"desintoxicar\" el organismo, reducir el colesterol, evitar la diabetes, mejorar el sueño, tonificar la piel, reducir la pérdida del cabello e incluso prevenir el \"frizz\" y las puntas abiertas de los cabellos.",
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        }
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        "frizz (of hair)"
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      ],
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        "masculine",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Royal Spanish Academy"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɾiθ/",
      "tags": [
        "Spain"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfɾiθ]",
      "tags": [
        "Spain"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɾis/",
      "tags": [
        "Latin-America"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfɾis]",
      "tags": [
        "Latin-America"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "frizz"
}

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