fraŭlino
See also: fraulino
Esperanto edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from German Fräulein.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fraŭlino (accusative singular fraŭlinon, plural fraŭlinoj, accusative plural fraŭlinojn)
- unmarried woman, spinster
- young woman
- (obsolete) Miss
- 1937, La Praktiko, quoted in Lidia, Wendy Heller, page 261:
- Fraŭlino Lidia Zamenhof (vojaĝanta al Ameriko): Nun flugas mi de loko al loko!
- Miss Lidia Zamenhof (traveling to America): Now I fly from place to place!
- 1937, La Praktiko, quoted in Lidia, Wendy Heller, page 261:
Usage notes edit
Obsolete as a title, superseded by sinjorino, which previously only referred to married women but has become generalized; still available if desired when translating titles equivalent to "Miss" in other languages. See usage notes under fraŭlo.