frato

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin frater, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfrato/

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• Rhymes: -ato
• Syllabification: fra‧to

Noun

frato (accusative singular fraton, plural fratoj, accusative plural fratojn)

1. brother

   Hypernym: gefrato

   Coordinate term: fratino

   • 1910, L. L. Zamenhof, Proverbaro Esperanta‎^[1]:

     Kiam fratoj batalas, fremdulo ne eniĝu.

     When brothers fight, an outsider shouldn't get involved.

   • 2012, Plato, translated by Donald Broadribb, La Respubliko (Traduko al Esperanto) [The Republic (Translation into Esperanto)], 2nd corrected edition (paperback), New York: Mondial, →ISBN, page 17:

     Post nelonge Polemarĥo atingis nin. Akompanis lin Adejmanto, la frato de Glaŭkono kaj Nikerato, la filo de Nikio, kaj diversaj aliaj personoj kiuj revenis de la procesio.

     Polemarchus reached us not long after. Accompanying him were Adeimantus, the brother of Glaucon, and Niceratus, the son of Nicias, and several other people who returned from the procession.

     (literally, “After not long Polemarchus reached us. Accompanied him Adeimantus, the brother of Glaucon and Niceratus, the son of Nicias, and several other people who returned from the procession.”)

Derived terms

• fraĉjo (“bro”, diminutive of brother)
• frateco (“brotherhood”)
• fratiĉo (“brother”)

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto frato (“brother, sibling”), from Latin frater, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfrato/
• Rhymes: -ato
• Hyphenation: fra‧to

Noun

frato (plural frati)

1. sibling

Derived terms

• fratala, fratatra (“brotherly, fraternal”)
• fratino (“sister”)
• fratulo (“brother”)