frere

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === ffrere, ffreere, ffryr, ffryre, freere, frer, frir, fryere === Etymology === Borrowed from Old French frere, from Latin frater, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr. Doublet of brother. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfreːr(ə)/, /ˈfriːr(ə)/ === Noun === frere (plural freres or (rare) freren) A male associate or companion friar (male member of a mendicant order) friary (religious institute for friars) (rare) monk (male member of a monastic order) ==== Descendants ==== English: friar Scots: freer (archaic) ==== References ==== “frẹ̄r(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 26 May 2019. == Middle French == === Etymology === From Old French frere, from earlier fredre, fradre, from Latin frāter, frātrem, from Proto-Italic *frātēr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr. === Noun === frere m (plural freres) brother (male sibling) ==== Descendants ==== French: frère Norman: frère (Guernsey), fréthe (Jersey) == Old French == === Alternative forms === fredre (archaic) === Etymology === From Latin frāter, from Proto-Italic *frātēr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr. === Pronunciation === (archaic) IPA(key): /ˈfɾeːðɾə/ (classical) IPA(key): /ˈfɾeːɾə/ (late) IPA(key): /ˈfɾɛɾə/ === Noun === frere oblique singular, m (oblique plural freres, nominative singular frere, nominative plural frere) brother (family member) ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: frereFrench: frèreNorman: frère (Guernsey), fréthe (Jersey) → Middle English: frereEnglish: friarScots: freer (archaic)