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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 (phrátēr), 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

confrāter frāterculus frāternālis frāternē frāternitās

frāternus frātricīda frātricīdium frātruēlis Ūnitās Frātrum

Descendants

Albanian: (religious) frat Aromanian: frati, frate Catalan: frare; frari, flare, flari, fraire (via Occitan) Corsican: frateddu English: friar Dalmatian: frutro French: frère Friulian: fradi Galician: frade Istriot: fra Istro-Romanian: fråte Italian: fratello, frate

Norman: 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, frateddu Spanish: fraile, fray Venetian: fradel, fradelo