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Middle English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French frere, from Latin frater, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr. Doublet of brother.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfreːr(ə)/, /ˈfriːr(ə)/
Noun
frere (plural freres or (rare) freren)
- A male associate or companion
- friar (male member of a mendicant order)
- friary (religious institute for friars)
- (rare) monk (male member of a monastic order)
Descendants
References
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French frere, from earlier fredre, fradre, from Latin frāter, frātrem, from Proto-Italic *frātēr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.
Noun
frere m (plural freres)
- brother (male sibling)
Descendants
Old French
Etymology
From Latin frāter, from Proto-Italic *frātēr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.
Pronunciation
Noun
frere oblique singular, m (oblique plural freres, nominative singular frere, nominative plural frere)
- brother (family member)
Descendants