Clipping ofFrenchfrançais.
fra
- (international standards)ISO 639-2/T &ISO 639-3language code forFrench.
FromItalianfrate. Seefriar.
fra
- Atitle of afriar ormonk:brother.
a.1883 (date written; first published1883 January),Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “Prologue at Ischia”, inMichael Angelo: A Dramatic Poem, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.:Houghton, Mifflin and Company […], published1884,→OCLC, part first,page 9:You have at Naples yourFra Bernardino; / And I at Fondi have myFra 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 byFra Simon, is not substantiated[…]
2000, Philip Pullman,The Amber Spyglass:"She is in the hands of Mrs. Coulter," saidFra Pavel.
fra (notcomparable)
- Archaic form offro.
fra
- eagle
Shortening offrare
fra m (pluralfres)
- brother
FromOld Norsefrá, fromProto-Germanic*fram. Cognate withEnglishfrom,Swedishfrån,Norwegian Bokmålfra,Norwegian Nynorskfrå,Faroesefrá,Icelandicfrá.
fra
- from
FromLatinfrāter.
fra m
- brother
FromLatinīnfrā, which stems frominferus.[1]
- IPA(key): /fra/*,/fra/
- Rhymes:-a
- Hyphenation:fra
- This word may or may not triggersyntactic gemination of the following consonant; both possibilities are allowable. Hencefradueminuti(“in two minutes”) can be pronounced either/fra‿dˈdue miˈnuti/ (with gemination) or/fra ˈdue miˈnuti/ (without it).
fra
- between
- among
- in(expression of time)
- Vi saròfra due minuti ―I'll be therein two minutes
 | This section or entry lacks references or sources. Please help verify this information by adding appropriatecitations. You can also discuss it at theTea Room. |
- There is no difference betweentra andfra, buttra is often preferred before words starting with “fr” whereasfra is used before words starting with “tr”:
- tra fratelli ―between brothers
- fra treni ―between trains
- ^Angelo Prati, "Vocabolario Etimologico Italiano", Torino, 1951
Clipping offratello.
- IPA(key): /ˈfra/
- Rhymes:-a
- Hyphenation:frà
- Unlike the above word, this word has primary stress and always triggerssyntactic gemination of the following consonant.
fra m (invariable)
- (slang)bro,brother
Clipping offrate.
fra m (invariable)
- friar (used as a title before a proper name)
Alessandro Manzoni,I Promessi sposi:Fra Cristoforo, in piedi, ma col capo chino, rispose: — io posso dunque sperare che lei m’abbia concesso il suo perdono! E se l’ottengo da lei, da chi non devo sperarlo? Oh! s’io potessi sentire questa parola dalla sua bocca, perdono!- Friar Cristoforo, standing, but with his head low, answered: — so I can hope that you have granted me forgiveness! And if I have obtained it from you, whom shall I not hope to obtain it from? Oh, if only I could hear this word from your mouth, forgiveness!
FromLatininfrā.
fra
- between
- among
- in(expression of time)
fra
- alternative form offro
FromOld Norsefrá.
fra
- from
- “fra” inThe Bokmål Dictionary.
fra
- fro,from
FromProto-Germanic*frawaz, whence alsoOld Norsefrár(“swift”).
frā
- glad
Declension offrā| Strong declension |
|---|
| singular | plural |
|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine |
|---|
| nominative | frā | frā | frā | frāwe | frāwu | frāwe |
|---|
| accusative | frāwana | frā | frāwa | frāwe | frāwu | frāwe |
|---|
| genitive | frāwes | frāwes | frāwaro | frāwarō | frāwarō | frāwarō |
|---|
| dative | frāwumu | frāwumu | frāwaro | frāwum | frāwum | frāwum |
|---|
| |
| Weak declension |
|---|
| singular | plural |
|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine |
|---|
| nominative | frāwo | frāwa | frāwa | frāwu |
|---|
| accusative | frāwun | frāwa | frāwun | frāwun |
|---|
| genitive | frāwun | frāwun | frāwun | frāwonō |
|---|
| dative | frāwun | frāwun | frāwun | frāwum |
|---|
