Fràui

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• Frau (Basel)
• Fràù (Sierentz)
• Frài (Soultzmatt)
• Froi (Munster (Haut-Rhin))
• Fròi (Logelheim, Colmar, Durrenentzen, Wintzenheim)
• Fraù (Strasbourg)
• Frœy (Kochersberg, Betschdorf)
• Fráw (Kindwiller)
• Frá (Wingen-sur-Moder)
• frou (Gressoney Walser)

Etymology

From Middle High German vrouwe, vrowe from Old High German frouwa, from Proto-Germanic *frawjǭ, a feminine form of *frawjô (“lord”) Proto-Indo-European *prōw- (“master, judge”). Cognate with German Frau, Dutch vrouwe, West Frisian frou, Icelandic freyja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʁɔi/

Noun

Fràui f

1. (Alsatian) woman