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fra

See also: FRA, Fra, fra-, fra., frá, and frå

Translingual

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fra

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2/T & ISO 639-3 language code for French.

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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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PIE word
*bʰréh₂tēr

From Italian frate. See friar.

Noun

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fra

  1. A title of a friar or monk: brother.
    • a. 1883 (date written; first published 1883 January), Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “Prologue at Ischia”, in Michael Angelo: A Dramatic Poem, Boston, Mass., New York, N.Y.: Houghton, Mifflin and Company […], published 1884, →OCLC, part first, page 9:
      You have at Naples your Fra Bernardino; / And I at Fondi have my Fra Bastiano, / The famous artist, who has come from Rome / To paint my portrait.
    • 1908, Thomas Hughes, History of the Society of Jesus in North America:
      The writer has spoken to his two companions, Fathers Eliseus and Elias, desiring them to go, if only to gather intelligence about those parts; but both are of one mind that the basis of operations, as laid down by Fra Simon, is not substantiated […]
    • 2000, Philip Pullman, The Amber Spyglass:
      "She is in the hands of Mrs. Coulter," said Fra Pavel.

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Adverb

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fra (not comparable)

  1. Archaic form of fro.

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Abinomn

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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fra

  1. eagle

Catalan

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Etymology

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Shortening of frare

Noun

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fra m (plural fres)

  1. brother

Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse frá, from Proto-Germanic *fram. Cognate with English from, Swedish från, Norwegian Bokmål fra, Norwegian Nynorsk frå, Faroese frá, Icelandic frá.

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Preposition

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fra

  1. from

Istriot

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Etymology

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From Latin frāter.

Noun

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fra m

  1. brother

Italian

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Etymology 1

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From Latin īnfrā, which stems from inferus.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /fra/*, /fra/
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: fra
  • This word may or may not trigger syntactic gemination of the following consonant; both possibilities are allowable. Hence fra due minuti (“in two minutes”) can be pronounced either /fra‿dˈdue miˈnuti/ (with gemination) or /fra ˈdue miˈnuti/ (without it).

Preposition

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fra

  1. between
  2. among
  3. in (expression of time)
    Vi sarò fra due minuti ― I'll be there in two minutes
Usage notes
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    • There is no difference between tra and fra, but tra is often preferred before words starting with “fr” whereas fra is used before words starting with “tr”:
    tra fratelli ― between brothers
    fra treni ― between trains
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References

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  1. ^ Angelo Prati, "Vocabolario Etimologico Italiano", Torino, 1951

Etymology 2

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Clipping of fratello

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfra/*
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: frà
  • Unlike the above word, this word has primary stress and always triggers syntactic gemination of the following consonant.

Noun

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fra m (invariable)

  1. (slang) bro, brother

Etymology 3

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Clipping of frate.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /fra/*
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: fra

Noun

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fra m (invariable)

  1. friar (used as a title before a proper name)
    • Alessandro Manzoni, I Promessi sposi:
      Fra Cristoforo, in piedi, ma col capo chino, rispose: — io posso dunque sperare che lei m’abbia concesso il suo perdono! E se l’ottengo da lei, da chi non devo sperarlo? Oh! s’io potessi sentire questa parola dalla sua bocca, perdono!
      Friar Cristoforo, standing, but with his head low, answered: — so I can hope that you have granted me forgiveness! And if I have obtained it from you, whom shall I not hope to obtain it from? Oh, if only I could hear this word from your mouth, forgiveness!

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Ligurian

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Etymology

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From Latin infrā.

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fra

  1. between
  2. among
  3. in (expression of time)

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Middle English

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fra

  1. from

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse frá.

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fra

  1. from

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Terms derived from fra

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Old English

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Preposition

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fra

  1. fro, from

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  • English: fro

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Old Saxon

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *frawaz, whence also Old Norse frár (“swift”).

Adjective

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frā

  1. glad

Declension

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Declension of frā
Strong declension
gender masculine neuter feminine
case singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative frā frāwe frā frāwu frā frāwe
accusative frāwana frāwe frā frāwu frāwa frāwe
genitive frāwes frāwarō frāwes frāwarō frāwaro frāwarō
dative frāwumu frāwum frāwumu frāwum frāwaro frāwum
Weak declension
gender masculine neuter feminine
case singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative frāwo frāwu frāwa frāwu frāwa frāwu
accusative frāwun frāwun frāwa frāwun frāwun frāwun
genitive frāwun frāwonō frāwun frāwonō frāwun frāwonō
dative frāwun frāwum frāwun frāwum frāwun frāwum


Descendants

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  • Middle Low German: vrô
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