fraternity

English

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Etymology

From Old French fraternité, from Latin frāternitās, ultimately from frāter (“brother”).

Noun

fraternity (uncountable)

1. The quality of being brothers or brotherly; brotherhood.
2. A group of people associated for a common purpose.
3. (US) A social organization of male students at a college or university; usually identified by Greek letters.

Synonyms

• brotherhood

Antonyms

• disfavor

Related terms

• fraternal
• fraternise, fraternize
• fratricide
• fraternity house

Translations

the quality of being brothers

• Armenian: եղբայրություն (ełbayrutʿyun)
• Bulgarian: братство (bg) (bratstvo)
• Finnish: veljeys (fi)
• Interlingue: fraternitá
• Polish: braterstwo (pl) n
• Portuguese: fraternidade (pt) f, irmandade (pt) f

• Romanian: fraternitate (ro) f, frăție (ro) f
• Russian: бра́тство (ru) n (brátstvo)
• Serbo-Croatian: bràtstvo n
• Spanish: hermandad (es)

group of people associated for a common purpose

• Afrikaans: broederskap (af)
• Armenian: համայնք (hamaynkʿ)
• Czech: spolek m
• Finnish: veljeskunta
• French: fraternité (fr) f
• Greek: αδελφότητα (el) f (adelfótita)
• Italian: fratellanza

• Portuguese: irmandade (pt)
• Romanian: fraternitate (ro) f
• Russian: бра́тство (ru) n (brátstvo)
• Serbo-Croatian: bràtstvo n
• Spanish: fraternidad (es) f, confraternidad

social organization of male students

• Bulgarian: студентско сдружение n (studentsko sdruženie)
• Interlingue: fraternité

• Polish: korporacja (pl) f

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Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} fraternité f
• Korean: 띠앗 (ttiat)
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} fraternitas f

See also

• sorority