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Faroish en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈfɛəɹəʊɪʃ/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Faroe + -ish, after Icelandic færeyskur.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to the Faroe Islands, Faroish people or the Faroish language; Faroese.
    • [...] manned by the queerest old carles, who by way of salute as the boat touched our side, shuffled off their Faroish caps in a very undignified manner. 1920, John William Mackail, The life of William Morris:

Synonyms

Faroese

Translations (27)

nl Faeröers (pertaing to the Faroish language, people or Faroe Islands) · ca feroesa (pertaing to the Faroish language, people or Faroe Islands) · non færeyskr (pertaing to the Faroish language, people or Faroe Islands) · uk фаре́рський (pertaing to the Faroish language, people or Faroe Islands) · pt feroês (pertaing to the Faroish language, people or Faroe Islands) · sl ferski (pertaing to the Faroish language, people or Faroe Islands) · ro feroez (pertaing to the Faroish language, people or Faroe Islands) · ca feroés (pertaing to the Faroish language, people or Faroe Islands) · fo føroyskur (pertaing to the Faroish language, people or Faroe Islands) · es faroés (pertaing to the Faroish language, people or Faroe Islands) · fr féroïen (pertaing to the Faroish language, people or Faroe Islands) · ca feroès (pertaing to the Faroish language, people or Faroe Islands) · gd Fàrothach (pertaing to the Faroish language, people or Faroe Islands) · fi fäärinkielinen (pertaing to the Faroish language, people or Faroe Islands) · fi färsaarelainen (pertaing to the Faroish language, people or Faroe Islands) · de färöisch (pertaing to the Faroish language, people or Faroe Islands) · ro faroez (pertaing to the Faroish language, people or Faroe Islands) · ru фаре́рский (pertaing to the Faroish language, people or Faroe Islands) · da færøsk (pertaing to the Faroish language, people or Faroe Islands) · sk faerský (pertaing to the Faroish language, people or Faroe Islands) · is færeyskur (pertaing to the Faroish language, people or Faroe Islands) · cs faerský (pertaing to the Faroish language, people or Faroe Islands) · nb færøysk (pertaing to the Faroish language, people or Faroe Islands) · hy ֆարերյան (pertaing to the Faroish language, people or Faroe Islands) · nn færøysk (pertaing to the Faroish language, people or Faroe Islands) · sv färöisk (pertaing to the Faroish language, people or Faroe Islands) · ca feroesa (pertaing to the Faroish language, people or Faroe Islands)

Faroish en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈfɛəɹəʊɪʃ/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Faroe + -ish, after Icelandic færeyskur.

Meanings

  1. A person from the Faroe Islands, Faroe Islander.

Faroish en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈfɛəɹəʊɪʃ/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Faroe + -ish, after Icelandic færeyskur.

Meanings

  1. The language of the Faroe Islands, closely related to Icelandic, and more distantly to Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish.
    • The same story is found in Icelandic, Norse, Faroish, and Estnish ballads, as well as in the Swedish and Danish, and a nearly related one in many other ballads or tales — German, Polish, Lithuanian, [...] 1893, The ballad minstrelsy of Scotland: