"fraternal" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /fɹəˈtɝnəl/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fraternal.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more fraternal [comparative], most fraternal [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nəl Etymology: PIE word *bʰréh₂tēr Borrowed from Middle French fraternel, from Medieval Latin frāternālis (“fraternal”), from Latin frāternus (“of or pertaining to a brother, fraternal”), from frāter (“brother”). Etymology templates: {{l|ine-pro|*bʰréh₂tēr}} *bʰréh₂tēr, {{PIE word|en|bʰréh₂tēr}} PIE word *bʰréh₂tēr, {{bor|en|frm|fraternel}} Middle French fraternel, {{der|en|ML.|frāternālis|t=fraternal}} Medieval Latin frāternālis (“fraternal”), {{der|en|la|frāternus|t=of or pertaining to a brother, fraternal}} Latin frāternus (“of or pertaining to a brother, fraternal”), {{m|la|frāter|t=brother}} frāter (“brother”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} fraternal (comparative more fraternal, superlative most fraternal)
  1. Of or pertaining to a brother or brothers. Coordinate_terms (relating to a brother, with regard to gender): sororal Coordinate_terms (relating to a brother, with regard to heredity): paternal, maternal Translations (of or pertaining brothers): أَخَوِيّ (ʔaḵawiyy) (Arabic), եղբայրական (eġbayrakan) (Armenian), братэ́рскі (bratérski) (Belarusian), бра́цкі (brácki) (Belarusian), бра́тски (brátski) (Bulgarian), fratern (Catalan), bratrský (Czech), broderlig (Danish), broederlijk (Dutch), veljellinen (Finnish), veljes- (Finnish), fraternel (French), fraterno (Galician), fraternal (Galician), brüderlich (German), αδελφικός (adelfikós) (Greek), fratala (Ido), fratatra (Ido), bráthartha (Irish), bráithriúil (Irish), deartháiriúil (Irish), fraterno (Italian), fraternale [rare] (Italian), братски (bratski) (Macedonian), braaroil (Manx), broderlig (Norwegian Bokmål), braterski (Polish), fraterno (Portuguese), fraternal (Portuguese), de frate (Romanian), fratern (Romanian), frățesc (Romanian), бра́тский (brátskij) (Russian), comh-bhràthaireil (Scottish Gaelic), bràithreil (Scottish Gaelic), бра̀тскӣ [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), bràtskī [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), bratský (Slovak), bratski (Slovene), fraternal (Spanish), fraterno (Spanish), broderlig (Swedish), брате́рський (bratérsʹkyj) (Ukrainian), бра́тський (brátsʹkyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-fraternal-en-adj-PMcvKjcf Disambiguation of 'relating to a brother, with regard to gender': 61 8 1 30 Disambiguation of 'relating to a brother, with regard to heredity': 61 8 1 30 Disambiguation of 'of or pertaining brothers': 76 12 3 9
  2. Of or pertaining to a fraternity. Translations (of or pertaining to a fraternity): veljeskunta- (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-fraternal-en-adj-WxZlnHZD Disambiguation of 'of or pertaining to a fraternity': 1 98 0 0
  3. Platonic or friendly. Translations (platonic or friendly): toverillinen (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-fraternal-en-adj-pSEFb-KA Disambiguation of 'platonic or friendly': 0 0 99 1
  4. (genetics) Of twins or embryos, produced from two different eggs and sperm, and genetically distinct. Categories (topical): Genetics, Family Translations (genetics: of twins or embryos, produced from two different eggs and sperm, and genetically distinct): erimunainen (Finnish), epäidenttinen (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-fraternal-en-adj-zAlH7GX4 Disambiguation of Family: 0 0 25 58 17 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 5 2 48 41 1 Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'genetics: of twins or embryos, produced from two different eggs and sperm, and genetically distinct': 1 0 1 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: brotherly, fraternall [obsolete] Derived forms: fraternal birth order effect, fraternal birth-order effect, fraternally, fraternal nephew, fraternal niece, fraternal twin, unfraternal

Noun

IPA: /fɹəˈtɝnəl/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fraternal.wav [Southern-England] Forms: fraternals [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nəl Etymology: PIE word *bʰréh₂tēr Borrowed from Middle French fraternel, from Medieval Latin frāternālis (“fraternal”), from Latin frāternus (“of or pertaining to a brother, fraternal”), from frāter (“brother”). Etymology templates: {{l|ine-pro|*bʰréh₂tēr}} *bʰréh₂tēr, {{PIE word|en|bʰréh₂tēr}} PIE word *bʰréh₂tēr, {{bor|en|frm|fraternel}} Middle French fraternel, {{der|en|ML.|frāternālis|t=fraternal}} Medieval Latin frāternālis (“fraternal”), {{der|en|la|frāternus|t=of or pertaining to a brother, fraternal}} Latin frāternus (“of or pertaining to a brother, fraternal”), {{m|la|frāter|t=brother}} frāter (“brother”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} fraternal (plural fraternals)
  1. A society formed to provide mutual aid, such as insurance.
    Sense id: en-fraternal-en-noun-Ab6LHrJK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 5 2 48 41 1
  2. A fraternal twin.
    Sense id: en-fraternal-en-noun-cilzSVdX
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fraternall [obsolete]

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1881, Shib Chunder Bose, The Hindoos as They Are: A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal",
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          "word": "брате́рський"
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          "ref": "1990, Joe William Trotter, Coal, Class, and Color: Blacks in Southern West Virginia, 1915-32",
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          "ref": "1993, Donna Harsch, German Social Democracy and the Rise of Nazism",
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          "ref": "2005, Robin D. G. Kelley, To Make Our World Anew: A History of African Americans",
          "text": "North and South, fraternal and sororital organizations were an integral aspect of urban culture among the mass of working-class black men and women.",
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        {
          "ref": "2015, Jane Ward, Not Gay, New York University Press, page 139",
          "text": "Surfer dudes and frat dudes are simply buddies; their interaction is facilitated by the homosocial context of shared sport or fraternal membership, not the willful pursuit of gay sex.",
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          "ref": "1986, Henri de Lubac, The Christian Faith: An Essay on the Structure of the Apostles' Creed",
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        {
          "ref": "1994, Maija Jansson, England and the North: The Russian Embassy of 1613-1614",
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "of or pertaining brothers",
      "word": "fratern"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "of or pertaining brothers",
      "word": "frățesc"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "brátskij",
      "sense": "of or pertaining brothers",
      "word": "бра́тский"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "of or pertaining brothers",
      "word": "comh-bhràthaireil"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "of or pertaining brothers",
      "word": "bràithreil"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "of or pertaining brothers",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "бра̀тскӣ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "of or pertaining brothers",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "bràtskī"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "of or pertaining brothers",
      "word": "bratský"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "of or pertaining brothers",
      "word": "bratski"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "of or pertaining brothers",
      "word": "fraternal"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "of or pertaining brothers",
      "word": "fraterno"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "of or pertaining brothers",
      "word": "broderlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bratérsʹkyj",
      "sense": "of or pertaining brothers",
      "word": "брате́рський"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "brátsʹkyj",
      "sense": "of or pertaining brothers",
      "word": "бра́тський"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to a fraternity",
      "word": "veljeskunta-"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "platonic or friendly",
      "word": "toverillinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "genetics: of twins or embryos, produced from two different eggs and sperm, and genetically distinct",
      "word": "erimunainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "genetics: of twins or embryos, produced from two different eggs and sperm, and genetically distinct",
      "word": "epäidenttinen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fraternal"
}

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    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
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          "ref": "1902, “Insurance and the Fraternals”, in The Underwriters Review, volumes 11-12, page 66",
          "text": "Here comes in the importance of the proposed bill for the uniform regulation of fraternals.",
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        },
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          "ref": "1967, Wisconsin Legislature Legislative Council, General Report of the Legislative Council to the Legislature",
          "text": "Accident and health insurance written by fraternals are discussed under the section on fraternals.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Ivar Berg, Sourcebook of Labor Markets: Evolving Structures and Processes",
          "text": "The ethnic fraternals benefitted from the favorable climate for fraternalism and voluntarism that existed in the United States, and borrowed ideas and practices from native organizations such as the AOUW, and from fraternals started earlier in the century by immigrants who by now were solid members of the middle class.",
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          "ref": "2001, Susan Kohl, Twin Stories: Their Mysterious and Unique Bond, page 14",
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          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, Kevin J. Sharpe, Has Science Displaced the Soul?: Debating Love and Happiness, page 34",
          "text": "The bulk of the confusion concerns identicals who are really fraternals.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Ian Osborn, Tormenting Thoughts and Secret Rituals: The Hidden Epidemic of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, page 189",
          "text": "Tests show that even in the first year of life, the fear of strangers develops more similarly along identical twins than fraternals.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "A fraternal twin."
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      "ipa": "/fɹəˈtɝnəl/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "fraternall"
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