frère

Inherited from Old French frere, from older fredre, fradre, from Latin frātrem, from Proto-Italic *frātēr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.

• IPA^(key): /fʁɛʁ/

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• (Louisiana) IPA^(key): /fɾæ(ɾ)/

frère m (plural frères)

1. brother (relation, relative)

   Coordinate term: sœur

   Mon frère n’a rien fait.

   My brother didn't do anything.

2. brother (monk)

   Coordinate term: sœur

   Frère Martin, qu’est-ce que vous cherchez ?

   Brother Martin, what is it you seek?

3. (informal) bro, a male comrade or friend

• fraternel
• fraternité
• frangin
• frèsœur (neologism)

• Haitian Creole: frè

• “frère”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• ferre, ferré

• fréthe (Jersey)

From Old French frere, from older fredre, fradre, from Latin frāter, frātrem, from Proto-Italic *frātēr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.

frère m (plural frères)

1. (Guernsey) brother