"fraternize" meaning in English

See fraternize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈfɹætənaɪz/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈfɹætɚnaɪz/ [US] Audio: en-us-fraternize.ogg , en-au-fraternize.ogg Forms: fraternizes [present, singular, third-person], fraternizing [participle, present], fraternized [participle, past], fraternized [past], fraternise [alternative]
Etymology: PIE word *bʰréh₂tēr From French fraterniser. Etymology templates: {{PIE word|en|bʰréh₂tēr}} PIE word *bʰréh₂tēr, {{der|en|fr|fraterniser}} French fraterniser Head templates: {{en-verb}} fraternize (third-person singular simple present fraternizes, present participle fraternizing, simple past and past participle fraternized)
  1. (intransitive) To associate with others in a brotherly or friendly manner. Tags: intransitive Translations (to associate with others in a brotherly manner): побратимявам се (pobratimjavam se) (Bulgarian), fraternitzar (Catalan), interfratiĝi (Esperanto), veljeillä (Finnish), fraterniser (French), sich verbrüdern (German), whakauruuru (Maori), bratać się (Polish), zbratać się (Polish), fraterniza (Romanian), înfrăți (Romanian), брататься (bratatʹsja) (Russian), fraternizar (Spanish), förbrödra [reflexive] (Swedish)
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  2. (intransitive) To associate as friends with an enemy, in violation of duty. Tags: intransitive Translations (to associate as friends with an enemy): veljeillä (Finnish), fraterniser (French), fraternisieren (German), fraternisera (Swedish)
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  3. (intransitive) To socialize in confidentiality. Tags: intransitive
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  4. (intransitive) To have an intimate or sexual relationship with a forbidden party. Tags: intransitive
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: fraternizable, fraternizer, unfraternizing Related terms: frat, fraternal, fraternisation, fraternization, fraternity, fraternizing, fratricide

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    "Terms with Romanian translations",
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        "(intransitive) To associate as friends with an enemy, in violation of duty."
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        "(intransitive) To have an intimate or sexual relationship with a forbidden party."
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      "roman": "pobratimjavam se",
      "sense": "to associate with others in a brotherly manner",
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      "sense": "to associate with others in a brotherly manner",
      "word": "fraterniser"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
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      "sense": "to associate with others in a brotherly manner",
      "word": "sich verbrüdern"
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      "word": "whakauruuru"
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      "sense": "to associate with others in a brotherly manner",
      "word": "bratać się"
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      "sense": "to associate with others in a brotherly manner",
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      "sense": "to associate with others in a brotherly manner",
      "word": "fraterniza"
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      "sense": "to associate with others in a brotherly manner",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "to associate with others in a brotherly manner",
      "word": "fraternizar"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "to associate with others in a brotherly manner",
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      "word": "förbrödra"
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      "sense": "to associate as friends with an enemy",
      "word": "veljeillä"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "to associate as friends with an enemy",
      "word": "fraterniser"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "to associate as friends with an enemy",
      "word": "fraternisieren"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
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      "sense": "to associate as friends with an enemy",
      "word": "fraternisera"
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}

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