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See also: fr, Fr, FR, Fr., and Fr⁺⁶

English

Noun

fr. (plural frr.)

  1. Abbreviation of fragment.
    • 1993, J. C. B. Petropoulos, “Sappho the Sorceress: Another Look at fr. 1 (LP)”, in Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, volume 97, Bonn: Dr. Rudolf Habelt GmbH, →ISSN, →JSTOR, →OCLC, page 43:
      Second, the poetess includes her own name (v. 20) and refers to herself in the first person, suggesting that the poem was composed for a real-life situation and an actual person;2 and, as in frr. 31 and 94 (LP) (in conjunction with Plu. Luc. 18.9), the situation in which the poetess finds herself constitutes unambiguous evidence that she was a "lesbian" in sensu technico.3

Danish

Noun

fr.

  1. Abbreviation of frøken, fru.
  2. Abbreviation of fransk.
  3. Abbreviation of franc(s).
  4. Abbreviation of fredag.

Synonyms

Icelandic

Etymology

Abbreviation of frú and ungfrú.

Noun

fr. f (indeclinable)

  1. Mrs., Miss, Ms.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

fr.

  1. Abbreviation of franc m
  2. Abbreviation of fredag m (friday)
  3. Abbreviation of fru f (Missus)
  4. Abbreviation of frøken f (Miss)

Spanish

Noun

fr.

  1. Abbreviation of fray (friar).
  2. Abbreviation of francés (French).

Swedish

Preposition

fr.

  1. from; Abbreviation of från.