fraternisation

English

Etymology

From French.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

fraternisation (countable and uncountable, plural fraternisations)

1. (chiefly British spelling) Alternative spelling of fraternization.
   • 1944 January and February, Major J. C. F. Lloyd Williamson, “Ambulance Trains in Algeria and Tunisia”, in Railway Magazine, page 6:

     A long halt was made, and the arrival of other trains allowed a wide variety of Allied fraternisation.

French

Etymology

From fraterniser +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʁa.tɛʁ.ni.za.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

fraternisation f (plural fraternisations)

1. fraternization

Further reading

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