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Plural of frieze

regular plural

The plural of frieze is friezes.

Forms of frieze

Singularfrieze /ˈfɹiːz/
Pluralfriezes
Countablecountable and uncountable

Friezes in a sentence

  • Narrative friezes in low relief were characteristic of Ionic architecture.2012, Tyler Jo Smith, Dimitris Plantzos, A Companion to Greek Art, →ISBN. From the entry low
  • The ornament in this window comprises not only Netherlandish grotesque with its characteristic combination of strapwork and scrollwork but also classical motifs in the two friezes.1997, Zsuzsanna van Ruyven-Zeman, “Hendrick de Keyser: Draftsman and Designer of Stained Glass”, in Simiolus: Netherlands Quarterly for…. From the entry lobate style

Meaning of frieze

  1. noun A kind of coarse woollen cloth or stuff with a shaggy or tufted (friezed) nap on one side.
  2. verb To make a nap on (cloth); to frizz.
  3. noun The portion of an architectural entablature situated between the architrave and the cornice, consisting of a flat surface that may be continuous or articulated by triglyphs and is often decorated with sculptural figures and ornamental details.

Full definition of frieze

Questions about the plural of frieze

What is the plural of frieze?
The plural of frieze is friezes.
Is frieze countable?
Frieze is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: frieze (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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