"frère" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [French]

IPA: /fʁɛʁ/, /fɾæ(ɾ)/ [Louisiana] Audio: Fr-frère.ogg Forms: frères [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French frere, from older fredre, fradre, from Latin frātrem, from Proto-Italic *frātēr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|frere|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French frere, {{inh+|fr|fro|frere}} Inherited from Old French frere, {{m|fro|fredre}} fredre, {{m|fro|fradre}} fradre, {{inh|fr|la|frāter|frātrem}} Latin frātrem, {{inh|fr|itc-pro|*frātēr}} Proto-Italic *frātēr, {{inh|fr|ine-pro|*bʰréh₂tēr}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} frère m (plural frères)
  1. brother (relation, relative) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-frère-fr-noun-8f88YhXm Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 57 22 21
  2. brother (monk) Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Family, Monasticism
    Sense id: en-frère-fr-noun-9JR03PC7 Disambiguation of Family: 4 88 8 Disambiguation of Monasticism: 21 73 6
  3. (informal) bro, a male comrade or friend Tags: informal, masculine Categories (topical): Male, Male family members
    Sense id: en-frère-fr-noun-xMY0zjLG Disambiguation of Male: 6 4 90 Disambiguation of Male family members: 18 25 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: avez-vous des frères et sœurs, beau-frère, demi-frère, faux frère, frère de lait, frère de sang, frère d’armes, frère siamois, quasi-frère Related terms: fraternel, fraternité, frangin, frèsœur [neologism]

Noun [Norman]

Forms: frères [plural]
Etymology: From Old French frere, from older fredre, fradre, from Latin frāter, frātrem, from Proto-Italic *frātēr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr. Etymology templates: {{inh|nrf|fro|frere}} Old French frere, {{m|fro|fredre}} fredre, {{m|fro|fradre}} fradre, {{inh|nrf|la|frater|frāter, frātrem}} Latin frāter, frātrem, {{inh|nrf|itc-pro|*frātēr}} Proto-Italic *frātēr, {{inh|nrf|ine-pro|*bʰréh₂tēr}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr Head templates: {{head|nrf|noun|||plural|frères||||||{{{3}}}|f2accel-form=p|g=m|g2=|head=}} frère m (plural frères), {{nrf-noun|m}} frère m (plural frères)
  1. (Guernsey) brother Tags: Guernsey, masculine Categories (topical): Family, Male Synonyms: fréthe [Jersey]
    Sense id: en-frère-nrm-noun-C0vXfOxw Categories (other): Guernsey Norman, Norman entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for frère meaning in All languages combined (6.6kB)

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        "1": "nrf",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*frātēr"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *frātēr",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nrf",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰréh₂tēr"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old French frere, from older fredre, fradre, from Latin frāter, frātrem, from Proto-Italic *frātēr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "frères",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nrf",
        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "{{{3}}}",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "plural",
        "6": "frères",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "f2accel-form": "p",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "frère m (plural frères)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "frère m (plural frères)",
      "name": "nrf-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Norman",
  "lang_code": "nrm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Guernsey Norman",
        "Norman entries with incorrect language header",
        "Norman lemmas",
        "Norman masculine nouns",
        "Norman nouns",
        "Norman terms derived from Latin",
        "Norman terms derived from Old French",
        "Norman terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Norman terms derived from Proto-Italic",
        "Norman terms inherited from Latin",
        "Norman terms inherited from Old French",
        "Norman terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Norman terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
        "nrf:Family",
        "nrf:Male"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "brother"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "brother",
          "brother"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Guernsey) brother"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Guernsey",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jersey"
      ],
      "word": "fréthe"
    }
  ],
  "word": "frère"
}

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