frade

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾade/ [ˈfɾa.ð̞ɪ]
• Rhymes: -ade
• Hyphenation: fra‧de

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr

Proto-Italic *frātēr

Latin frater

Old Galician-Portuguese frade

Galician frade

From Old Galician-Portuguese frade (“friar”), from Latin frater (“brother”), from Proto-Italic *frātēr (“brother”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr (“brother”). Doublet of freire.

Noun

frade m (plural frades)

1. friar

   Synonyms: freire, monxe

Derived terms

• cadela de frade
• comer coma un frade
• Fradería
• Frades

Related terms

• confrade
• confraría
• frei
• freire
• freiría

References

• Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “frade”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “frade”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “frade”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

frade

1. inflection of fradar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• ffrade

Etymology

Already attested, as Romance, in 12th century Latin documents (Pumar dus Frades, 1174, Cartulary of Caaveiro). From Latin frater (“brother”), from Proto-Italic *frātēr (“brother”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr (“brother”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾa.de/
• Rhymes: -ade

Noun

frade m (plural frades)

1. friar

   Synonym: freire

Descendants

• Galician: frade
• Portuguese: frade

References

• CX, “frade”
• DDGM, “frade”
• UC, “frade”
• VPM, “frade”

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾa.d͡ʒi/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾa.dɨ/ [ˈfɾa.ðɨ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾa.dɨ/ [ˈfɾa.ðɨ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾa.dɨ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ad͡ʒi, (Portugal) -adɨ
• Hyphenation: fra‧de

Etymology 1

frade

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr

Proto-Italic *frātēr

Latin frater

Old Galician-Portuguese frade

Portuguese frade

From Old Galician-Portuguese frade (“friar”), from Latin frater (“brother”), from Proto-Italic *frātēr (“brother”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr (“brother”). Doublet of freire, bróder, and brada.

Noun

frade m (plural frades)

1. friar

   Synonyms: freire, frei

2. angelfish (a marine fish of the family Pomacanthidae)

   Synonyms: paru, peixe-frade

Derived terms

• confrade
• dúzia de frade
• feijão-frade
• fradaço
• fradalhada
• fradalhão
• fradar
• fradaria
• fradeiro
• fradejar
• fradelho
• fradépio
• fradesco
• fradice
• fradicida
• fradinho
• fradisco
• peixe-frade

Related terms

• brada
• bróder
• fraternal
• fraternidade
• fraterno
• fraticida
• fraticídio
• frei
• freire

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

frade

1. inflection of fradar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “frade”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “frade”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Sardinian

Etymology

From Latin frāter, from Proto-Italic *frātēr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfrade/

Noun

frade m (plural frades)

1. brother

See also

• sorre
• tziu