frajer

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech frejieř. Borrowed from German Freier. Doublet of frejíř.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfrajɛr]

Noun

frajer m anim (female equivalent frajerka)

  1. (colloquial) cool guy
    Je to vážně frajer!He's a really cool guy!
  2. (colloquial, rare, old) boyfriend

Declension

Derived terms

  • frajerka
  • frajeřina
  • frajeřit
  • frajírek
  • frája

See also

Further reading

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish פֿרײַער (frayer). Doublet of frajérz. Compare Romanian fraier and Russian фра́ер (frájer).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfra.jɛr/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ajɛr
  • Syllabification: fra‧jer

Noun

frajer m pers (female equivalent frajerka)

  1. (colloquial, derogatory) sucker, mug, chump
    Synonyms: naiwniak, jeleń, łoś, lolek, durniacha
  2. (colloquial) newbie, novice, greenhorn
    Synonyms: nowicjusz, żółtodziób
  3. (colloquial) trifle, bagatelle, or piece of cake
    Synonyms: bagatela, bagatelka, betka, błahostka, bzdet, drobiazg, drobnostka, fraszka, pryszczyk

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
  • frajerski
noun
  • frajerstwo

Further reading

  • frajer in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • frajer in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Freier.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /frâjer/

Noun

frȁjer m anim (Cyrillic spelling фра̏јер)

  1. guy
  2. an attractive man, hunk
  3. dandy, fop
  4. an arrogant man
  5. a naive man
  6. loafer

Usage notes

In contemporary colloquial usage, this word generally means guy or hunk.

Declension

Declension of frajer
singular plural
nominative frajer frajeri
genitive frajera frajera
dative frajeru frajerima
accusative frajera frajere
vocative frajeru frajeri
locative frajeru frajerima
instrumental frajerom frajerima

Declension

References

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfrajer]

Noun

frajer m pers (female equivalent frajerka, relational adjective frajerský, diminutive frajerček or frajerík, augmentative frajerisko or frajerčisko)

  1. boyfriend
  2. (colloquial, expressive) dandy, beau, fop
  3. (colloquial, expressive) womanizer

Declension

Declension of frajer
(pattern chlap)
singularplural
nominativefrajerfrajeri
genitivefrajerafrajerov
dativefrajerovifrajerom
accusativefrajerafrajerov
locativefrajerovifrajeroch
instrumentalfrajeromfrajermi

Further reading

  • frajer”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025