fraternité
French
Etymology
From Old French fraternité, borrowed from Latin frāternitās, frāternitātem, from frāter (“brother”).
- Cognate with Italian fraternità, Spanish fraternidad
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fʁa.tɛʁ.ni.te/
Noun
fraternité f (plural fraternités)
- brotherhood (state of being brothers or a brother)
- brotherhood (organization)
- fraternity
Further reading
- “fraternité” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin frāternitās, frāternitātem, from frāter (“brother”).
Noun
fraternité f (oblique plural fraternitez, nominative singular fraternité, nominative plural fraternitez)
- brotherhood (state of being brothers or a brother)
- brotherhood (organization)
- fraternity
Related terms
Descendants
- English: fraternity
- French: fraternité
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