Faroese
/ˌfɛəɹəʊˈiːz/US/ˌfɛ(ə)ɹoʊˈiz/
Faroese adjective: of or pertaining to the Faroe Islands, Faroese people or language.
Adjective
Faroese (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to the Faroe Islands, Faroese people or language.
Proper noun
Faroese
- The language of the Faroe Islands, closely related to Icelandic, and more distantly to Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish.
Noun
Faroese (plural Faroese)
- A person from the Faroe Islands; a Faroe Islander.
- Synonyms:
- Faroe Islander
Faroese meaning in Marathi, Urdu, Nepali and Indonesian
Faroese in Marathi
- language
- फारोईझ phāroījh
Faroese in Urdu
- language
- فیروئیز feroīz
Faroese in Nepali
- language
- फारोइज phāroij
Faroese in Indonesian
- language
- Faro
More languagesFewer languages
- Faroese in Thai
- ภาษาแฟโร paasăa fâeroh
Synonyms of Faroese
Forms of Faroese
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Faeroese |
| alternative form | Færoese |
| Noun | |
| plural | Faroese |
Origin of Faroese
From Faroe + -ese, from Faroese Føroyar.
Words that rhyme with Faroese
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- wheeze
- Cantonese
- chemise
- miner's disease
- trapeze
- Congolese
- dees
- disease
- displease
- frieze
- Japanese
- Keyes
- leese
- overseas
- pease
- please
- Portuguese
- sneeze
- tweeze
- appease
- bes
- bez
- blue cheese
- botanese
- Burmese
- expertise
- fries
- greeze
- Guyanese
- he's
- Javanese
- keys
- legalese
- Louise
- Maltese
- Ningbonese
- octopodes
- Pekingese
- Shanghainese
- she's
- Sinhalese
- Socrates
- tees
- Versaillese
- Viennese
- Vietnamese
- a little bit of bread and no cheese
- academese
Questions about Faroese
- What does Faroese mean?
- Faroese means of or pertaining to the Faroe Islands, Faroese people or language.
- What is Faroese in Marathi?
- Faroese in Marathi is फारोईझ (phāroījh). See Faroese meaning in Marathi.
- What part of speech is Faroese?
- Faroese can be an adjective, a proper noun or a noun.
- How do you pronounce Faroese?
- Faroese is pronounced /ˌfɛəɹəʊˈiːz/ (UK).
Words near Faroese in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Faroese (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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