fraternité

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French fraternité, borrowed from Latin frāternitātem, from frāter (“brother”). Cognate with Italian fraternità, Spanish fraternidad === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fʁa.tɛʁ.ni.te/ === Noun === fraternité f (plural fraternités) brotherhood (state of being brothers or a brother) brotherhood (organization) fraternity ==== Derived terms ==== liberté, égalité, fraternité ==== Related terms ==== fraternel frère === See also === paternité maternité sororité === Further reading === “fraternité”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Old French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin frāternitās, frāternitātem, from frāter (“brother”). === Noun === fraternité oblique singular, f (oblique plural fraternitez, nominative singular fraternité, nominative plural fraternitez) brotherhood (state of being brothers or a brother) brotherhood (organization) fraternity ==== Related terms ==== frere ==== Descendants ==== English: fraternity French: fraternité