fraire

See also: Fraire

Occitan

Alternative forms

• frair (Gascony)

Etymology

From Old Occitan fraire, from Latin frāter, frātrem (“brother”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfrajre]

• Audio (Languedoc):

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Noun

fraire m (plural fraires)

1. brother

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin frāter. Compare Old French frere.

Noun

fraire

1. brother

Descendants

• Occitan: fraire, frair
• → Old Galician-Portuguese: freire, freira
  • Portuguese: freire, frei, freira
  • Galician: frei
• → Spanish: fraile, fray
• →? Venetian: frar
  • → Cimbrian: fraar

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “frater”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 3: D–F, page 763