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Latin
Etymology
From frāternus (“of or pertaining to a brother, fraternal”) + -ālis (adjectival suffix), from frāter (“brother”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
frāternālis (neuter frāternāle); third-declension two-termination adjective
- (Medieval Latin) Of or pertaining to a brother, fraternal.
- Synonym: frāternus
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- fraternalis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- fraternalis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- fraternalis in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016