frate

Borrowed from Italian frate. Doublet of friar.

frate (plural frati)

1. A friar.

• after, after-, aftre, freat, freta, rafte, trafe

• frati

From Latin frāter, frātrem. Compare Romanian frate.

• IPA^(key): [ˈfra.te]

frate m

1. brother

From Latin frāter, from Proto-Italic *frātēr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfra.te/
• Rhymes: -ate
• Hyphenation: frà‧te

frate m (plural frati)

1. monk, friar
2. brother (appellative, poetic)

• monaco

• fra
• fratacchione
• fratello
• fratesco
• fraticello
• fratina
• fratino

• → English: fra

• convento
• religioso
• voto

Inherited from Latin frāter.

• (Naples) IPA^(key): [ˈfraːtə]
• (Castelmezzano) IPA^(key): [ˈfraːtə]

frate m (plural frate)

1. brother

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 13: “tuo fratello; i tuoi fratelli” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• Giacco, Giuseppe (2003) “frate”, in Schedario Napoletano

Inherited from Late Latin fratre (810-814 AD or earlier), from Latin frāter, either directly from the nominative form or through a Vulgar Latin derivative of the accusative frātrem (with loss of second -r from a form *fratre), from Proto-Italic *frātēr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr. Compare Aromanian frati.

• IPA^(key): [ˈfra.te]

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frate m (plural frați)

1. brother
2. (colloquial) dude

   Frate, e bună!

   Dude, she's hot!

• fârtat

• soră