frade
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frade
Galician
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Already attested, as Romance, in 12th century Latin documents (Pumar dus Frades, 1174, Cartulary of Caaveiro). From Old Galician-Portuguese frade (“friar”), from Latin frater (“brother”), from Proto-Italic *frātēr (“brother”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr (“brother”). Doublet of freire.
Noun
frade m (plural frades)
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References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “frade”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “frade”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “frade”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “frade”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “frade”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Etymology 2
Verb
frade
- inflection of fradar:
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese frade (“friar”), from Latin frater (“brother”), from Proto-Italic *frātēr (“brother”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr (“brother”). Doublet of freire, bróder, and brada.
Pronunciation
Noun
frade m (plural frades)
- friar
- angelfish (a marine fish of the family Pomacanthidae)
- Synonyms: paru, peixe-frade
Sardinian
Etymology
From Latin frāter, from Proto-Italic *frātēr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.
Pronunciation
Noun
frade m (plural frades)