freire
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Old Occitan fraire, from Latin frater (“brother”). Doublet of frade.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
freire m (plural freires)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “freire” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “freire” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “freire” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “freire” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese freire, fraire, borrowed from Old Occitan fraire, from Latin frater (“brother”), from Proto-Italic *frātēr (“brother”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr (“brother”). Doublet of frade, bróder, and brada.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: frei‧re
Noun edit
freire m (plural freires, feminine freira, feminine plural freiras)