frare

See also: frâre

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin frātrem (“brother”), from Proto-Italic *frātēr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr. Compare Occitan fraire.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈfɾa.ɾə]
IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈfɾa.ɾe]
Audio (Catalonia): (file)

Noun

frare m (plural frares)

(archaic) brother
Synonym: germà
friar, monk
bedwarmer
Synonym: escalfallits
broomrape (Orobanche spp.)
Synonym: orobanque
puffin
Synonym: fraret
friarbird

Derived terms

dotzena de frare (“baker's dozen”)
frare blau (“hemp broomrape”)
frare d'elm (“helmeted friarbird”)
frare de l'heura (“ivy broomrape”)
fraresc
fraret (“puffin”)

Related terms

fadrí
fratern (“fraternal”)
fraternitat (“brotherhood, fraternity”)

References

“frare”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
“frare”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
“frare” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“frare” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.