"fraternity" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /fɹəˈtɜː(ɹ)nəti/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fraternity.wav [Southern-England] Forms: fraternities [plural]
Etymology: PIE word *bʰréh₂tēr From Middle English fraternite, borrowed from Old French fraternité, from Latin frāternitās, ultimately from frāter (“brother”). Etymology templates: {{l|ine-pro|*bʰréh₂tēr}} *bʰréh₂tēr, {{PIE word|en|bʰréh₂tēr}} PIE word *bʰréh₂tēr, {{inh|en|enm|fraternite}} Middle English fraternite, {{der|en|fro|fraternité}} Old French fraternité, {{der|en|la|frāternitās}} Latin frāternitās, {{m|la|frāter||brother}} frāter (“brother”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} fraternity (countable and uncountable, plural fraternities)
  1. The quality of being brothers or brotherly; brotherhood. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the quality of being brothers): أُخُوَّة (ʔuḵuwwa) (Arabic), եղբայրություն (eġbayrutʻyun) (Armenian), братство (bratstvo) (Bulgarian), germanor [feminine] (Catalan), fraternitat [feminine] (Catalan), frateco (Esperanto), veljeys (Finnish), irmandade [feminine] (Galician), Bruderschaft [feminine] (German), ພາລາດອນພາບ (phā lā dǭn phāp) (Lao), братство (bratstvo) [neuter] (Macedonian), സാഹോദര്യം (sāhōdaryaṁ) (Malayalam), braterstwo [neuter] (Polish), fraternia (Polish), fraternidade [feminine] (Portuguese), irmandade [feminine] (Portuguese), fraternitate [feminine] (Romanian), frăție [feminine] (Romanian), бра́тство (brátstvo) [neuter] (Russian), bràtstvo [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), hermandad (Spanish), ภราดรภาพ (Thai), kardeşlik (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-fraternity-en-noun-ZGDNptfI Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 24 42 35 Disambiguation of 'the quality of being brothers': 97 1 2
  2. A group of people associated for a common purpose. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Collectives Translations (group of people associated for a common purpose): broederskap (Afrikaans), համայնք (hamaynkʻ) (Armenian), братство (bratstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), spolek [masculine] (Czech), frataro (Esperanto), veljeskunta (Finnish), fraternité [feminine] (French), irmandade [feminine] (Galician), Gemeinschaft [feminine] (German), Vereinigung [feminine] (German), αδελφότητα (adelfótita) [feminine] (Greek), fratellanza (Italian), ພາລາດອນພາບ (phā lā dǭn phāp) (Lao), братство (bratstvo) [neuter] (Macedonian), bractwo (Polish), irmandade (Portuguese), fraternitate [feminine] (Romanian), бра́тство (brátstvo) [neuter] (Russian), bràtstvo [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), fraternidad [feminine] (Spanish), confraternidad [feminine] (Spanish), autaeaʻeraʻa (Tahitian), ภราดรภาพ (Thai), dernek (Turkish), cemiyet (Turkish), kardeşlik (Turkish), birlik (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-fraternity-en-noun-qCyLtGYT Disambiguation of Collectives: 26 53 22 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 51 35 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 24 42 35 Disambiguation of 'group of people associated for a common purpose': 4 92 4
  3. (US) A social organization of male students at a college or university; usually identified by Greek letters. Tags: US, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Culture Translations (social organization of male students): أَخَوِيَّة (ʔaḵawiyya) (Arabic), студентско сдружение (studentsko sdruženie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), frataro (Esperanto), Verbindung [feminine] (German), Burschenschaft [feminine] (German), korporacja [feminine] (Polish), erkek öğrenci birliği (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-fraternity-en-noun-aYuaX2e5 Disambiguation of Culture: 0 0 100 Categories (other): American English, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 24 42 35 Disambiguation of 'social organization of male students': 5 6 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: brotherhood, community Related terms: fraternal, fraternise, fraternize, fratricide, fraternity house, sorority

Inflected forms

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