Fràui

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Alemannic German

Alternative forms

  • Frau (Basel)
  • Alsatian:
    • Fràù (Sierentz )
    • Frài (Soultzmatt )
    • Froi (Munster (Haut-Rhin))
    • Fròi (Logelheim , Colmar, Durrenentzen , Wintzenheim )
    • Fraù (Strasbourg )
    • Frœy (Kochersberg, Zornthal, Betschdorf)
    • Fráw (Kindwiller)
    • Frá (Wingen-sur-Moder)
  • frou (Gressoney Walser)

Etymology

From Middle High German vrouwe, vrowe from Old High German frouwa, from Proto-Germanic *frawjǭ, a feminine form of *frawjô (lord) Proto-Indo-European *prōw- (master, judge). Cognate with German Frau, Dutch vrouwe, West Frisian frou, Icelandic freyja.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fʁɔi/
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Noun

Fràui f

  1. (Alsatian) woman