hermandad
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Spanish hermandad (“brotherhood”).
=== Noun ===
hermandad (plural hermandades)
(historical) A military peacekeeping association in medieval Spain.
== Dutch ==
=== Etymology ===
From Spanish hermandad.
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Noun ===
hermandad f (uncountable, no diminutive)
(Netherlands, colloquial) police
==== Usage notes ====
Typically used in a positive tone.
== Romanian ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from French hermandad or Spanish hermandad.
=== Noun ===
hermandad n (plural hermandade)
hermandad
==== Declension ====
=== References ===
hermandad in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
== Spanish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /eɾmanˈdad/ [eɾ.mãn̪ˈd̪að̞]
Rhymes: -ad
Syllabification: her‧man‧dad
=== Etymology 1 ===
Inherited from Latin germānitātem.
==== Noun ====
hermandad f (plural hermandades)
brotherhood
Synonym: fraternidad
===== Related terms =====
=== Etymology 2 ===
==== Verb ====
hermandad
only used in os ... hermandad, syntactic variant of hermandaos, second-person plural imperative of hermandarse
=== Further reading ===
“hermandad”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025