FromMiddle Englishfrere, fromOld Frenchfrere, fromLatinfrāter(“brother”), ultimately fromProto-Indo-European*bʰréh₂tēr(“brother”).Doublet ofbhai,brother,bru,frater,pal, andvai.
friar (pluralfriars)
- A member of amendicantChristianorder such as theAugustinians,Carmelites (white friars),Franciscans (grey friars) or theDominicans (black friars).
- Synonyms:brother,frater
- Coordinate terms:father,sister,mother
- (printing, dated) A white or pale patch on a printed page caused by poor inking.
- Coordinate term:monk
- An American fish, thesilverside.
- Such fish prepared as food.
member of certain Christian orders
- Armenian:վանական (hy)(vanakan),կրոնավոր (hy)(kronavor),եղբայր (hy)(eġbayr),ֆրեր(frer)
- Bulgarian:монах (bg) m(monah)
- Catalan:frare (ca) m
- Chinese:男修道士 (nán xiū dào shì)
- Czech:fráter m
- Esperanto:monaĥo
- Finnish:veli (fi)
- French:frère (fr) m
- Galician:freire (gl) m,frade (gl) m
- Georgian:ლორენცო(lorenco)
- German:Mönch (de) m,Ordensbruder (de) m
- Greek:μοναχός (el) m(monachós)
- Hungarian:barát (hu)
- Interlingua:please add this translation if you can
- Irish:bráthair m,coirneach m
- Italian:frate (it) m
- Latin:frater (la)
- Middle English:frere
- Occitan:fraire (oc) m
- Polish:zakonnik (pl) m,brat (pl) m
- Portuguese:frade (pt) m,frei (pt) m,freire (pt) m
- Russian:мона́хнищенствующегоордена m(monáx niščenstvujuščevo ordena)
- Scottish Gaelic:manach m
- Spanish:fraile (es)
- Tagalog:frayle
- Volapük:(male or female)rodan (vo),(male)hirodan (vo)
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Fromfri(“to ask for (someone's) hand in marriage”) +-ar.
friar m (definite singularfriaren,indefinite pluralfriarar,definite pluralfriarane)
- one (traditionally a man) whoproposes marriage
friar
- presentindicative offria
