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Definition: Frisch |
FrischNoun1. British physicist (born in Austria) who with Lise Meitner recognized that Otto Hahn had produced a new kind of nuclear reaction which they named nuclear fission; Frisch described the explosive potential of a chain nuclear reaction (1904-1979). 2. Norwegian economist noted for his work in econometrics (1895-1973). 3. Austrian zoologist noted for his studies of honeybees (1886-1982). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: FrischSynonyms: Karl von Frisch (n), Otto Frisch (n), Otto Robert Frisch (n), Ragnar Anton Kittil Frisch (n), Ragnar Frisch (n). (additional references) |
| Synonyms by domain: Frisch roller tubes cultivation (medicine), Frisch sign. |
Crosswords: Frisch |
| English words defined with "Frisch": Karl von Frisch ♦ Lise Meitner ♦ Meitner ♦ Otto Frisch, Otto Robert Frisch ♦ Ragnar Anton Kittil Frisch, Ragnar Frisch. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Frisch" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. German (adroit, agile, alert, bright, brisk, cheery, chill, chilly, cool, crisp, dewy, fresh, freshly, keen, new, newly, newly-laid, nippy, Parky, recent, sweet, undressed, wet). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Frisch gekocht ist halb gewonnen (1999) Journal I-III Max Frisch (1981) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | Aus deutschen Landen, frisch auf den Tisch. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Frisch" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 93.33% of the time. "Frisch" is used about 30 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 93.33% | 28 | 65,706 |
| Noun (singular) | 6.67% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 30 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "Frisch" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Frisch | Last name | 1,000 | 7,981 |
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Expressions using "Frisch": Karl von Frisch ♦ Otto Frisch ♦ Otto Robert Frisch ♦ Ragnar Anton Kittil Frisch ♦ Ragnar Frisch. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
max frisch | 27 |
frisch | 20 |
faber frisch homo max | 11 |
frisch kohl | 8 |
andorra frisch max | 6 |
cyrus frisch | 5 |
don frisch juan max | 4 |
frankie frisch | 3 |
karl von frisch | 3 |
frisch school | 3 |
david frisch | 3 |
byron frisch | 2 |
frisch grid | 2 |
biographie frisch max | 2 |
frisch mail | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-f-h-i-r-s" | |
-2 letters: chis, cris, firs, fisc, fish, ichs, rich, rifs, shri. | |
-3 letters: chi, cis, fir, hic, his, ich, ifs, rif, sic, sir, sri. | |
-4 letters: hi, if, is, sh, si. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-f-h-i-r-s" | |
+2 letters: crawfish, crayfish, filchers, rockfish. | |
+3 letters: flichters, flinchers, franchise, kerchiefs. | |
+4 letters: archerfish, archfiends, chairlifts, crawfished, crawfishes, crayfishes, factorship, franchised, franchisee, franchiser, franchises, franchisor, honorifics, pitchforks, rockfishes, saccharify. | |
+5 letters: chiffoniers, chifforobes, childproofs, crawfishing, enfranchise, factorships, franchisees, franchisers, franchising, franchisors, frenchifies, handicrafts, microfiches, pitcherfuls, pitchersful, preachifies, ultrafiches, witchcrafts. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 72 69 73 63 68 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..-. .-. .. ... -.-. .... |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01110010 01101001 01110011 01100011 01101000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F r i s c h |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0072 0069 0073 0063 0068 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)408475856974 |
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