frat

See also: frät

English

Etymology

Apocopic form of fraternity.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɹæt/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -æt

Noun

frat (plural frats)

1. Shortened form of fraternity, college organization. (Often used as a noun modifier.)

   frat party

   See you at the frat house.

   All the frats will be there.

Derived terms

• frat boy
• frat brother
• frat house
• frat lit
• frat rat
• fratter
• srat

 

Related terms

• fraternal
• fraternity

Translations

shortened form for fraternity

• Finnish: oppilaskunta (fi)
• Italian: confraternita (it) f, confratello (it) m

Anagrams

• FRTA, RTFA, TRAF, fart, raft, traf

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fraːt/
• Rhymes: -aːt

Noun

frat n (genitive singular frats, no plural)

1. junk, rubbish, trash

Declension

declension of frat

n-s	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	frat	fratið
accusative	frat	fratið
dative	frati	fratinu
genitive	frats	fratsins

Synonyms

• rusl
• drasl
• skran

Anagrams

• traf

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fˠɾˠat̪ˠ/

Pronoun

frat (emphatic fratsa)

1. second-person singular of fré

References

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht (in Irish), 2nd edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 306