freire

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See also: Freire and freiré

Galician

Etymology

From Old Occitan fraire, from Latin frater (“brother”). Doublet of frade.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɾejɾe/
  • Rhymes: -ejɾe
  • Hyphenation: frei‧re

Noun

freire m (plural freires)

  1. (literary) friar
    Synonyms: frade, monxe

Derived terms

References

  • “freire” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “freire” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “freire” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “freire” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese freire, fraire, borrowed from Old Occitan fraire, from Latin frater (“brother”), from Proto-Italic *frātēr (“brother”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr (“brother”). Doublet of frade, bróder, and brada.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: frei‧re

Noun

freire m (plural freires, feminine freira, feminine plural freiras)

  1. friar
    Synonym: frade
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