frau

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Frau. Doublet of frow, vrou, and vrouw. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɹaʊ/ Rhymes: -aʊ === Noun === frau (plural fraus) A woman, especially a German woman. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Rauf, Urfa, fuar == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin fraus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈfɾaw] Rhymes: -aw === Noun === frau m (plural fraus) fraud ==== Related terms ==== fraudulent === Further reading === “frau”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “frau”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “frau” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “frau”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == German == === Etymology === From Frau by making the first letter lower-case. Coined as an alternative to the male-sounding word man (“one”), which is cognate and homophonous with Mann (“adult male”). First used by feminists when writing about women, then occasionally used in general contexts. Compare the pronoun mensch. Compare also the use of she vs he in English to refer to someone whose gender is unknown. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fraʊ̯/ Homophone: Frau Rhymes: -aʊ̯ === Pronoun === frau (indefinite, informal, slang, rare, often humorous) one, they (indefinite third-person singular pronoun) ==== Usage notes ==== The word is more frequently used by left-wing and/or feminist writers and speakers, which may use this word in a serious formal context, where this word is not usually acceptable, in order to express their political views. In informal context, such as magazine articles, frau is usually used just once in a text as a stylistic flourish to underline that a women-specific topic is discussed. ==== References ==== === Further reading === “frau” in Duden online “frau”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[3] (in German) == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === fraud === Etymology === From Old Norse frauð. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /frœʊ̯ː/ Rhymes: -œʊ̯ː === Noun === frau f or m (definite singular frauen or fraua, indefinite plural frauer or frauar, definite plural frauene or frauane) (chiefly uncountable, dialectal) foam (chiefly uncountable, dialectal, Trøndelag) dung; manure ==== Inflection ==== ==== Related terms ==== frode === References === “frau” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. === Anagrams === frua, fura