freire

See also: Freire and freiré

Galician

Etymology

From Old Occitan fraire, from Latin frater (“brother”). Doublet of frade.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾejɾe/ [ˈfɾej.ɾɪ]
• Rhymes: -ejɾe
• Hyphenation: frei‧re

Noun

freire m (plural freires)

1. (literary) friar

   Synonyms: frade, monxe

Derived terms

• Frairía
• Freire
• freiría
• Freiría

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “freire”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “freire”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “freire”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “freire”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• frei

Etymology

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

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾe(j).ɾi/ [ˈfɾe(ɪ̯).ɾi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾe(j).ɾi/ [ˈfɾe(ɪ̯).ɾi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾe(j).ɾe/ [ˈfɾe(ɪ̯).ɾe]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾɐj.ɾɨ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾɐj.ɾɨ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾej.ɾɨ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾej.ɾɨ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾe.ɾɨ/

• Hyphenation: frei‧re

Noun

freire m (plural freires, feminine freira, feminine plural freiras)

1. friar

   Synonym: frade