frico

English

Etymology

From Italian frico. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

frico

1. A traditional Friulian cheese dish in which cheese is shredded and then pan-fried.

Translations

cheese dish

• Cimbrian: frikh m
• Friulian: frico m
• Italian: frico (it) m
• Slovene: frika f

Latin

Etymology

Intensive popular form of friō. Compare with fodiō - fodicō, vellō - vellicō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfri.koː/, [ˈfrɪkoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfri.ko/, [ˈfriːko]

Verb

fricō (present infinitive fricāre, perfect active fricuī, supine frictum or fricātum); first conjugation

1. to rub
2. to chafe

Usage notes

The supine form fricātum is rare.

Conjugation

Conjugation of fricō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	fricō	fricās	fricat	fricāmus	fricātis	fricant
	imperfect	fricābam	fricābās	fricābat	fricābāmus	fricābātis	fricābant
	future	fricābō	fricābis	fricābit	fricābimus	fricābitis	fricābunt
	perfect	fricuī	fricuistī	fricuit	fricuimus	fricuistis	fricuērunt, fricuēre
	pluperfect	fricueram	fricuerās	fricuerat	fricuerāmus	fricuerātis	fricuerant
	future perfect	fricuerō	fricueris	fricuerit	fricuerimus	fricueritis	fricuerint
passive	present	fricor	fricāris, fricāre	fricātur	fricāmur	fricāminī	fricantur
	imperfect	fricābar	fricābāris, fricābāre	fricābātur	fricābāmur	fricābāminī	fricābantur
	future	fricābor	fricāberis, fricābere	fricābitur	fricābimur	fricābiminī	fricābuntur
	perfect	frictus or fricātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	frictus or fricātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	frictus or fricātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	fricem	fricēs	fricet	fricēmus	fricētis	fricent
	imperfect	fricārem	fricārēs	fricāret	fricārēmus	fricārētis	fricārent
	perfect	fricuerim	fricuerīs	fricuerit	fricuerīmus	fricuerītis	fricuerint
	pluperfect	fricuissem	fricuissēs	fricuisset	fricuissēmus	fricuissētis	fricuissent
passive	present	fricer	fricēris, fricēre	fricētur	fricēmur	fricēminī	fricentur
	imperfect	fricārer	fricārēris, fricārēre	fricārētur	fricārēmur	fricārēminī	fricārentur
	perfect	frictus or fricātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	frictus or fricātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	fricā	—	—	fricāte	—
	future	—	fricātō	fricātō	—	fricātōte	fricantō
passive	present	—	fricāre	—	—	fricāminī	—
	future	—	fricātor	fricātor	—	—	fricantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		fricāre	fricuisse	frictūrum esse, fricātūrum esse	fricārī	frictum esse, fricātum esse	frictum īrī, fricātum īrī
participles		fricāns	—	frictūrus, fricātūrus	—	frictus, fricātus	fricandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		fricandī	fricandō	fricandum	fricandō	frictum, fricātum	frictū, fricātū

Derived terms

• affricō
• circumfricō
• confricō
• dēfricō
• effricō
• fricātiō
• frictiō
• frictus
• infricō
• perfricō
• rē̆fricō
• suffricō

Descendants

• Eastern Romance
  • Aromanian: frec, frecu, fricari
  • Romanian: freca, frecare
• Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italian: fregare
  • Sicilian: fricari
• Old French: freier, frayer
  • French: frayer
  • → Middle English: fraien
    • English: fray
• Old Occitan:
  • Catalan: fregar
  • Occitan: fregar
• Friulian: freâ
• Sardinian: friài, friare, fricare, frigare
• Venetan: fregar
• Spanish: fregar
  • Papiamentu: frega
• → Albanian: fërkoj
• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *frictiare
  • Catalan: fressar
  • Spanish: frezar

References

• “frĭco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “frico”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• frico in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934) “frico”, in Dictionnaire illustré latin-français [Illustrated Latin-French Dictionary] (in French), Hachette.

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfriko]

Noun

frico f

1. vocative singular of frică