frater

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English

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Etymology

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PIE word
*bʰréh₂tēr

Learned borrowing from Latin frāter (brother). Doublet of bhai, brother, friar, and pal.

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Noun

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frater (plural fraters)

  1. A monk.
  2. A frater house.
  3. A comrade.

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References

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Anagrams

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Dutch

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Linaria flavirostris

Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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frater m (plural fraters, diminutive fratertje n)

  1. a twite (Linaria flavirostris, syn. Carduelis flavirostris)

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Dutch frater, from Latin frāter, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr. Doublet of bruder.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /fratər/
  • Hyphenation: fra‧têr

Noun

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fratêr (first-person possessive fraterku, second-person possessive fratermu, third-person possessive fraternya)

  1. (Catholicism) a candidate for priesthood
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Latin

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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frāter m (genitive frātris); third declension

  1. brother
    Synonym: germānus
    Antonym: soror
  2. male friend, lover
  3. sibling
  4. (Ecclesiastical Latin) brother, brethren; member of a religious community

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative frāter frātrēs
Genitive frātris frātrum
Dative frātrī frātribus
Accusative frātrem frātrēs
Ablative frātre frātribus
Vocative frāter frātrēs

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Balkan Romance:
    • Aromanian: frati, frate
    • Istro-Romanian: fråte
    • Romanian: frate
  • Dalmatian:
  • Italo-Romance:
  • Insular Romance:
  • North Italian:
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Franco-Provençal: frâre
    • Old French: frere (see there for further descendants)
  • Occitano-Romance:
    • Catalan: frare
    • Old Occitan: fraire (see there for further descendants)
  • Ibero-Romance:
  • Borrowings:

Further reading

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  • frater”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • frater”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • frater in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • remember me to your brother: nuntia fratri tuo salutem verbis meis (Fam. 7. 14)