fra

See also: FRA, Fra, fra-, fra., frá, and frå

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of French français.

Symbol

fra

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2/T & ISO 639-3 language code for French.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of French terms

References

• „fra“ on Abkürzungen.de

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɹɑː/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɑː

Etymology 1

PIE word
*bʰréh₂tēr

From Italian frate. See friar.

Noun

fra

1. A title of a friar or monk: brother.
   • a. 1883 (date written; first published 1883 January), Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “Prologue at Ischia”, in Michael Angelo: A Dramatic Poem, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton, Mifflin and Company […], published 1884, →OCLC, part first, page 9:

     You have at Naples your Fra Bernardino; / And I at Fondi have my Fra Bastiano, / The famous artist, who has come from Rome / To paint my portrait.

   • 1908, Thomas Hughes, History of the Society of Jesus in North America:

     The writer has spoken to his two companions, Fathers Eliseus and Elias, desiring them to go, if only to gather intelligence about those parts; but both are of one mind that the basis of operations, as laid down by Fra Simon, is not substantiated […]

   • 2000, Philip Pullman, The Amber Spyglass:

     "She is in the hands of Mrs. Coulter," said Fra Pavel.

Etymology 2

Adverb

fra (not comparable)

1. Archaic form of fro.

See also

• fra diavolo (etymologically unrelated)

Anagrams

• 'arf, AFR, AFr., ARF, Afr., FAR, RAF, RFA, arf, far

Abinomn

Alternative forms

• ɸəra

Noun

fra

1. eagle

Catalan

Etymology

Shortening of frare

Noun

fra m (plural fres)

1. brother

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse frá, from Proto-Germanic *fram. Cognate with English from, Swedish från, Norwegian Bokmål fra, Norwegian Nynorsk frå, Faroese frá, Icelandic frá.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fra/, [fʁ̥ɑ]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aːˀr

Preposition

fra

1. from

Istriot

Etymology

From Latin frāter.

Noun

fra m

1. brother