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Noun [Middle English]

IPA: /ˈfreːr(ə)/, /ˈfriːr(ə)/ Forms: freres [plural], freren [plural, rare]
Etymology: Borrowed from Old French frere, from Latin frater, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr. Doublet of brother. Etymology templates: {{bor+|enm|fro|frere}} Borrowed from Old French frere, {{der|enm|la|frater}} Latin frater, {{der|enm|ine-pro|*bʰréh₂tēr}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr, {{doublet|enm|brother}} Doublet of brother Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} frere, {{enm-noun|freres|pl2=freren|pl2_qual=rare}} frere (plural freres or (rare) freren)
  1. A male associate or companion Categories (topical): Male people
    Sense id: en-frere-enm-noun-ykIsHZyX Disambiguation of Male people: 30 32 5 33
  2. friar (male member of a mendicant order) Categories (topical): Male people, Monasticism
    Sense id: en-frere-enm-noun-xVxL6FQk Disambiguation of Male people: 30 32 5 33 Disambiguation of Monasticism: 1 40 39 20
  3. friary (religious institute for friars) Categories (topical): Christianity, Monasticism
    Sense id: en-frere-enm-noun-pwBeUWx1 Disambiguation of Christianity: 2 33 44 21 Disambiguation of Monasticism: 1 40 39 20 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 6 37 49 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 5 36 52 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 39 54 4
  4. (rare) monk (male member of a monastic order) Tags: rare Categories (topical): Male people, Monasticism
    Sense id: en-frere-enm-noun-vkOefjfe Disambiguation of Male people: 30 32 5 33 Disambiguation of Monasticism: 1 40 39 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ffrere, ffreere, ffryr, ffryre, freere, frer, frir, fryere

Noun [Middle French]

Forms: freres [plural]
Etymology: From Old French frere, from earlier fredre, fradre, from Latin frāter, frātrem, from Proto-Italic *frātēr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr. Etymology templates: {{inh|frm|fro|frere}} Old French frere, {{inh|frm|la|frater|frāter, frātrem}} Latin frāter, frātrem, {{inh|frm|itc-pro|*frātēr}} Proto-Italic *frātēr, {{inh|frm|ine-pro|*bʰréh₂tēr}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr Head templates: {{head|frm|noun|||plural|freres||{{{pl2}}}||{{{f}}}||{{{f}}}s|f1accel-form=p|g=m|g2=|head=|sort=}} frere m (plural freres), {{frm-noun|m}} frere m (plural freres)
  1. brother (male sibling) Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Family, Male
    Sense id: en-frere-frm-noun-fa3siGol Categories (other): Middle French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Old French]

IPA: /ˈfɾeːðɾə/ [archaic], /ˈfɾeːɾə/ (note: classical), /ˈfɾɛɾə/ (note: late) Forms: frere oblique singular or [canonical, masculine], freres [oblique, plural], frere [nominative, singular], frere [nominative, plural]
Etymology: From Latin frāter, from Proto-Italic *frātēr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr. Etymology templates: {{inh|fro|la|frāter}} Latin frāter, {{inh|fro|itc-pro|*frātēr}} Proto-Italic *frātēr, {{inh|fro|ine-pro|*bʰréh₂tēr}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr Head templates: {{fro-noun|m||frere}} frere oblique singular, m (oblique plural freres, nominative singular frere, nominative plural frere)
  1. brother (family member) Categories (topical): Family, Male Synonyms: fredre [archaic]
    Sense id: en-frere-fro-noun-BZrqgNuE Categories (other): Old French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        }
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        }
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    }
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      "name": "bor+"
    },
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        "2": "la",
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      },
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      "name": "der"
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      "form": "freres",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "freren",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
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        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
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      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        "A male associate or companion"
      ],
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        ],
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          "companion"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Just like bees swarm from a hive / Out of the devil's arse there were driven / Twenty thousand friars on a rout / And throughout Hell they swarmed all about […]",
          "ref": "1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “The Somnours Tale”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published [c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 79, recto:",
          "text": "Right ſo as bees / out swarmen from an hyue / Out of the deueles ers / ther gonne dryue / Twenty thouſand freres / on a route / And thurgh oute helle / swarmeden aboute […]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "friar (male member of a mendicant order)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "friar",
          "friar"
        ],
        [
          "mendicant",
          "mendicant#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "friary (religious institute for friars)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "friary",
          "friary"
        ],
        [
          "friar",
          "friar#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "monk (male member of a monastic order)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "monk",
          "monk"
        ],
        [
          "monastic",
          "monastic#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) monk (male member of a monastic order)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfreːr(ə)/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfriːr(ə)/"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "ffrere"
    },
    {
      "word": "ffreere"
    },
    {
      "word": "ffryr"
    },
    {
      "word": "ffryre"
    },
    {
      "word": "freere"
    },
    {
      "word": "frer"
    },
    {
      "word": "frir"
    },
    {
      "word": "fryere"
    }
  ],
  "word": "frere"
}

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            "2": "frère"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
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          "args": {
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "Guernsey"
          },
          "expansion": "(Guernsey)",
          "name": "q"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "Jersey"
          },
          "expansion": "(Jersey)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
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    }
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        "2": "fro",
        "3": "frere"
      },
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    },
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        "3": "frater",
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      "name": "inh"
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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        "7": "",
        "8": "{{{pl2}}}",
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        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
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        "Middle French lemmas",
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        "Middle French nouns",
        "Middle French terms derived from Latin",
        "Middle French terms derived from Old French",
        "Middle French terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Middle French terms derived from Proto-Italic",
        "Middle French terms inherited from Latin",
        "Middle French terms inherited from Old French",
        "Middle French terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
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        "brother (male sibling)"
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        "masculine"
      ]
    }
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}

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          },
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          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle French: frere\nFrench: frère\nNorman: frère (Guernsey), fréthe (Jersey)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
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            "bor": "1",
            "noalts": "1"
          },
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          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
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    }
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        "2": "ine-pro",
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      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr",
      "name": "inh"
    }
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    {
      "form": "frere oblique singular or",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "freres",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frere",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
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    },
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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    }
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        "Old French terms derived from Proto-Italic",
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    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɾeːðɾə/",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɾeːɾə/",
      "note": "classical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɾɛɾə/",
      "note": "late"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "fredre"
    }
  ],
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}

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  "msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in Old French: 'frere oblique singular or', originally 'frere oblique singular or m'",
  "path": [
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  "section": "Old French",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "frere",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "path": [
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  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "frere",
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}

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1147",
  "msg": "suspicious related form tags ['masculine', 'canonical']: 'frere oblique singular or' in 'frere oblique singular, m (oblique plural freres, nominative singular frere, nominative plural frere)'",
  "path": [
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