fraternity

English

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Noun

fraternity (uncountable)

1. The quality of being brothers; brotherhood
2. A group of people associated for a common purpose.
3. (US) A social organization of male students at a college or university; usually identified by Greek letters.

Synonyms

• brotherhood

Antonyms

• disfavor

Related terms

• fraternal
• fraternise, fraternize
• fratricide
• fraternity house

Translations

the quality of being brothers

• Armenian: եղբայրություն (hy) (eġbayrut’yun)
• Finnish: veljeys (fi)
• Polish: braterstwo (pl) n
• Romanian: fraternitate (ro) f, frăție (ro) f

• Russian: бра́тство (ru) (brátstvo) n
• Serbo-Croatian: bràtstvo (sh) n
• Spanish: hermandad (es)

group of people associated for a common purpose

• Armenian: համայնք (hy) (hamaynk’)
• Czech: spolek (cs) m
• Finnish: veljeskunta (fi)
• French: fraternité (fr) f

• Romanian: fraternitate (ro) f
• Russian: бра́тство (ru) (brátstvo) n
• Serbo-Croatian: bràtstvo (sh) n
• Spanish: fraternidad (es) f

social organization of male students

• Polish: korporacja (pl) f

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• French: fraternité f
• Korean: 띠앗 (ttiat)
• Latin: fraternitas f

See also

• sorority