frère
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French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]InheritedfromOld Frenchfrere,from olderfredre,fradre,fromLatinfrātrem,fromProto-Italic*frātēr,ultimately fromProto-Indo-European*bʰréh₂tēr.
Pronunciation
[edit]![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Ivan-Pavlov02.jpg/150px-Ivan-Pavlov02.jpg)
Noun
[edit]frèrem(pluralfrères)
- brother(relation,relative)
- Coordinate term:sœur
- Monfrèren’a rien fait.
- Mybrotherdidn't do anything.
- brother (monk)
- Coordinate term:sœur
- FrèreMartin, qu’est-ce que vous cherchez?
- BrotherMartin, what is it you seek?
- (informal)bro,a male comrade or friend
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- fraternel
- fraternité
- frangin
- frèsœur(neologism)
Descendants
[edit]- Haitian Creole:frè
Further reading
[edit]- “frère”,inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.
Anagrams
[edit]Norman
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- fréthe(Jersey)
Etymology
[edit]FromOld Frenchfrere,from olderfredre,fradre,fromLatinfrāter, frātrem,fromProto-Italic*frātēr,ultimately fromProto-Indo-European*bʰréh₂tēr.
Noun
[edit]frèrem(pluralfrères)
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- fr:Family
- fr:Male
- fr:Male family members
- fr:Monasticism
- Norman terms inherited from Old French
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- nrf:Family
- nrf:Male