frater

English

Etymology

Latin, a brother.

Noun

frater (plural fraters)

1. A monk.
2. A frater house.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *frātēr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr. Cognates include Ancient Greek φράτηρ (phrātēr), Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrā́tṛ) and Old English brōþor (English brother).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfraː.ter/

Noun

frāter m (genitive frātris); third declension

1. brother
2. friend, lover
3. sibling
4. (Ecclesiastical Latin) brother, brethren; member of a religious community

Inflection

Third declension.

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	frāter	frātrēs
genitive	frātris	frātrum
dative	frātrī	frātribus
accusative	frātrem	frātrēs
ablative	frātre	frātribus
vocative	frāter	frātrēs

Derived terms

• frāterculus
• frāternālis
• frāternē
• frāternitās
• frāternus

• frātricīda
• frātricīdium
• frātruēlis
• Ūnitās Frātrum

Descendants

• Aromanian: frate
• Catalan: frare; frari, flare, flari, fraire (via Occitan)
• English: friar
• Dalmatian: frutro
• French: frère
• Friulian: fradi
• Galician: frade
• Istro-Romanian: fråte
• Italian: fratello, frate
• Jèrriais: fréthe

• Neapolitan: frate
• Occitan: fraire
• Old Portuguese: frade, freire (via Old Provençal), freira
• Portuguese: frade, freire (via Old Provençal), frei, freira
• Romanian: frate
• Romansch: frar
• Sardinian: fràde
• Sicilian: frati
• Spanish: fraile, fray