fraire

== Occitan == === Alternative forms === frair (Gascony) === Etymology === From Old Occitan fraire, from Latin frāter, frātrem (“brother”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈfrajre] === Noun === fraire m (plural fraires) brother == Old Occitan == === Etymology === From Latin frāter. Compare Old French frere. === Noun === fraire brother ==== Descendants ==== Occitan: fraire, frair → Old Galician-Portuguese: freire, freira Portuguese: freire, frei, freira Galician: frei → Spanish: fraile, fray →? Venetan: frar → Cimbrian: fraar === References === Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “frater”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 3: D–F, page 763