Faroish
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈfɛəɹəuɪʃ/
Adjective

Faroish (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the Faroe Islands, Faroish people or the Faroish language; Faroese.
Synonyms Translations Noun

Faroish

  1. A person from the Faroe Islands, Faroe Islander.
Proper noun
  1. The language of the Faroe Islands, closely related to Icelandic, and more distantly to Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish.
    • 1893, The ballad minstrelsy of Scotland:
      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, [...]



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