fra

See also: Fra, FRA, frá, frå, fra-, and fra.

Translingual

Symbol

fra

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2/T & ISO 639-3 language code for French.

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English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɹɑː/

• Audio (UK)

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• Rhymes: -ɑː

Etymology 1

PIE word
*bʰréh₂tēr

From Italian frate. See friar.

Noun

fra

1. A title of a friar or monk: brother.
   • a. 1883 (date written; first published 1883 January), Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “Prologue at Ischia”, in Michael Angelo: A Dramatic Poem, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton, Mifflin and Company […], published 1884, OCLC 1061917215, part first, page 9:

     You have at Naples your Fra Bernardino; / And I at Fondi have my Fra Bastiano, / The famous artist, who has come from Rome / To paint my portrait.

   • 1908, Thomas Hughes, History of the Society of Jesus in North America:

     The writer has spoken to his two companions, Fathers Eliseus and Elias, desiring them to go, if only to gather intelligence about those parts; but both are of one mind that the basis of operations, as laid down by Fra Simon, is not substantiated […]

   • 2000, Philip Pullman, The Amber Spyglass:

     "She is in the hands of Mrs. Coulter," said Fra Pavel.

Etymology 2

Adverb

fra (not comparable)

1. Archaic form of fro.

Anagrams

• 'arf, AFR, AFr., ARF, Afr., FAR, RAF, RFA, arf, far

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Abinomn

Alternative forms

• ɸəra

Noun

fra

1. eagle

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Catalan

Etymology

Shortening of frare

Noun

fra m (plural fres)

1. brother

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse frá, from Proto-Germanic *fram. Cognate with English from, Swedish från, Norwegian Bokmål fra, Norwegian Nynorsk frå, Faroese frá, Icelandic frá.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fra/, [fʁ̥ɑ]

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• Rhymes: -aːˀr

Preposition

fra

1. from

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Istriot

Etymology

From Latin frāter.

Noun

fra m

1. brother

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Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin infra, which stems from inferus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fra/^*, /fra/
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: fra
• This word may or may not trigger syntactic gemination of the following consonant; both possibilities are allowable. Hence fra due minuti (“in two minutes”) can be pronounced either /fra‿dˈdue miˈnuti/ (with gemination) or /fra ˈdue miˈnuti/ (without it).

Preposition

fra

1. between
2. among
3. in (expression of time)

   Vi sarò fra due minuti ― I'll be there in two minutes

Usage notes

• There is no difference between tra and fra, but tra is often preferred before words starting with “fr” whereas fra is used before words starting with “tr”:

tra fratelli ― between brothers

fra treni ― between trains

Synonyms

• tra

Derived terms

• fra poco
• frattanto

Etymology 2

Clipping of fratello

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfra/^*
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: frà
• Unlike the above word, this word has primary stress and always triggers syntactic gemination of the following consonant.

Noun

fra m (invariable)

1. (slang) bro, brother

Anagrams

• far

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Ligurian

Etymology

From Latin infrā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fra/

Preposition

fra

1. between
2. among
3. in (expression of time)

Synonyms

• tra

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Middle English

Preposition

fra

1. from

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse frá.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /frɑː/

Preposition

fra

1. from

Derived terms

Terms derived from fra

• derfra
• fraskille
• fravær
• fraværende
• sørfra

See also

• frå (Nynorsk)

References

• “fra” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Old Saxon

Alternative forms

• frō

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *frawaz, whence also Old Norse frár (“swift”).

Adjective

frā

1. glad

Declension

Declension of frā

Strong declension
gender	masculine		neuter		feminine
case	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	frā	frāwe	frā	frāwu	frā	frāwe
accusative	frāwana	frāwe	frā	frāwu	frāwa	frāwe
genitive	frāwes	frāwarō	frāwes	frāwarō	frāwaro	frāwarō
dative	frāwumu	frāwum	frāwumu	frāwum	frāwaro	frāwum
Weak declension
gender	masculine		neuter		feminine
case	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	frāwo	frāwu	frāwa	frāwu	frāwa	frāwu
accusative	frāwun	frāwun	frāwa	frāwun	frāwun	frāwun
genitive	frāwun	frāwonō	frāwun	frāwonō	frāwun	frāwonō
dative	frāwun	frāwum	frāwun	frāwum	frāwun	frāwum

Descendants

• Middle Low German: vrô
  • Plautdietsch: froo
  • → Danish: fro