See also: fråte

English edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Italian frate. Doublet of friar.

Noun edit

frate (plural frati)

  1. A friar.

Anagrams edit

Aromanian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Latin frāter, frātrem. Compare Romanian frate.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

frate m

  1. brother

Declension edit

singular plural
gender m definite forms
Nom/Acc fratele fratslji
Gen/Dat a fratelui a fratslor

Italian edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

frate m (plural frati)

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

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Descendants edit

  • English: fra

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Neapolitan edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Latin frāter.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

frate m (plural frate)

  1. brother

References edit

  • 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

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

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.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈfra.te]
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Noun edit

frate m (plural frați)

  1. brother
  2. (colloquial) dude
    Frate, e bună!
    Dude, she's hot!

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