Freire

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English

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Etymology

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From Galician Freire.

Proper noun

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Freire (plural Freires)

  1. A surname from Spanish [in turn from Galician].

Derived terms

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Statistics

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  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Freire is the 12514th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2477 individuals. Freire is most common among Hispanic/Latino (66.49%) and White (30.36%) individuals.

Anagrams

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Galician

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Etymology

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From freire (friar), from Old Occitan fraire.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfɾejɾe/ [ˈfɾej.ɾɪ]
  • Rhymes: -ejɾe
  • Hyphenation: Frei‧re

Proper noun

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Freire m

  1. a surname

References

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  • Freire” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (20062018) “Freire”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Galician Freire, from freire (friar), from Old Occitan fraire.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfɾeiɾe/ [ˈfɾei̯.ɾe]
  • Rhymes: -eiɾe
  • Syllabification: Frei‧re

Proper noun

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Freire m or f by sense

  1. a surname from Galician