freire
Meaning
friar
Hyphenated as
frei‧re
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈfɾe(j).ɾi/
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.
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