fraternité

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French fraternité, borrowed from Latin frāternitātem, from frāter (“brother”).

• Cognate with Italian fraternità, Spanish fraternidad

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʁa.tɛʁ.ni.te/

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Noun

fraternité f (plural fraternités)

1. brotherhood (state of being brothers or a brother)
2. brotherhood (organization)
3. fraternity

Derived terms

• liberté, égalité, fraternité

Related terms

• fraternel
• frère

See also

• paternité
• maternité
• sororité

Further reading

• “fraternité”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin frāternitās, frāternitātem, from frāter (“brother”).

Noun

fraternité oblique singular, f (oblique plural fraternitez, nominative singular fraternité, nominative plural fraternitez)

1. brotherhood (state of being brothers or a brother)
2. brotherhood (organization)
3. fraternity

Related terms

• frere

Descendants

• English: fraternity
• French: fraternité